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... least to the loss of valuable time . I cannot at all agree with that charming writer of travels , Aubrey de Vere , who , happen- ing to meet the Sultan in a stroll through Constantinople , and being apparently a little discomposed by a ...
... least to the loss of valuable time . I cannot at all agree with that charming writer of travels , Aubrey de Vere , who , happen- ing to meet the Sultan in a stroll through Constantinople , and being apparently a little discomposed by a ...
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... , equal under the sovereign . The old constitutions of his several kingdoms and states , including that of Hungary , with which his mother had dealt so warily , were abolished , at least on paper , or violently invaded JOSEPH II . 13.
... , equal under the sovereign . The old constitutions of his several kingdoms and states , including that of Hungary , with which his mother had dealt so warily , were abolished , at least on paper , or violently invaded JOSEPH II . 13.
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Herman Merivale. abolished , at least on paper , or violently invaded : their very boundaries were obliterated from the maps , and a division of the whole monarchy into thirteen great depart- ments , with a civil minister at the head of ...
Herman Merivale. abolished , at least on paper , or violently invaded : their very boundaries were obliterated from the maps , and a division of the whole monarchy into thirteen great depart- ments , with a civil minister at the head of ...
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... least ex- * ' We may learn from such high authorities as the letters of Washington or the travels of De Tocqueville , that till within the last thirty years the force of the general arguments against slavery and the slave trade was not ...
... least ex- * ' We may learn from such high authorities as the letters of Washington or the travels of De Tocqueville , that till within the last thirty years the force of the general arguments against slavery and the slave trade was not ...
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... Emperor took in hand the entire abolition of these usages , as well as of their abuse , in his dominions . And , at least as to great part of them , he C 6 actually achieved it . In three or four years JOSEPH II . 17.
... Emperor took in hand the entire abolition of these usages , as well as of their abuse , in his dominions . And , at least as to great part of them , he C 6 actually achieved it . In three or four years JOSEPH II . 17.
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