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... diluents is certain ; but it is equally certain that a man possessed of them to any large amount would never have entertained such projects in earnest at all . It would 6 be just as much to the purpose to complain 2 JOSEPH II .
... diluents is certain ; but it is equally certain that a man possessed of them to any large amount would never have entertained such projects in earnest at all . It would 6 be just as much to the purpose to complain 2 JOSEPH II .
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... never thoroughly understood his character , and that the tenderness natural to a loving nature like hers was mingled with fits of injudicious severity . Among the numberless domestic scenes repre- sented in water - colours by the ...
... never thoroughly understood his character , and that the tenderness natural to a loving nature like hers was mingled with fits of injudicious severity . Among the numberless domestic scenes repre- sented in water - colours by the ...
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... never loved her husband ; that her heart was entirely fixed on heavenly things , and that she could never vanquish her regrets at the state compulsion which had forced her to exchange the convent for his palace . She left him one child ...
... never loved her husband ; that her heart was entirely fixed on heavenly things , and that she could never vanquish her regrets at the state compulsion which had forced her to exchange the convent for his palace . She left him one child ...
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... Never , assuredly , was so complete a sweep made of old institutions and usages , as far as mere change of law could do it , as in the five first years of Joseph's reign . Even that effected by the French Revolution itself was less ...
... Never , assuredly , was so complete a sweep made of old institutions and usages , as far as mere change of law could do it , as in the five first years of Joseph's reign . Even that effected by the French Revolution itself was less ...
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... never attained a practical existence . Yet he actually performed much ; energetically , but intemperately , and without the slightest trace of that politic respect which might have been shown for interests injured , or feelings wounded ...
... never attained a practical existence . Yet he actually performed much ; energetically , but intemperately , and without the slightest trace of that politic respect which might have been shown for interests injured , or feelings wounded ...
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