The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. with a View of the Progress of Society in Europe: From the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1W. and W. Strahan, 1769 - Europe |
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... thofe around it , may trace its own history apart ; after which , the transactions of every confiderable nation in Europe become interefting and inftructive to all . With this intention I undertook to write the history of the Emperor ...
... thofe around it , may trace its own history apart ; after which , the transactions of every confiderable nation in Europe become interefting and inftructive to all . With this intention I undertook to write the history of the Emperor ...
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... were forgotten or defpifed , and the latter was gradually relaxed . The armies of the Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries bore fcarce fcarce any resemblance to thofe invincible legions which had SECT 6 A VIEW OF THE.
... were forgotten or defpifed , and the latter was gradually relaxed . The armies of the Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries bore fcarce fcarce any resemblance to thofe invincible legions which had SECT 6 A VIEW OF THE.
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... thofe invincible legions which had SECT . I. been victorious wherever they marched . Inftead of freemen , who voluntarily took arms from the love of glory , or of their country , provincials and barbarians were bribed or forced into ...
... thofe invincible legions which had SECT . I. been victorious wherever they marched . Inftead of freemen , who voluntarily took arms from the love of glory , or of their country , provincials and barbarians were bribed or forced into ...
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... thofe general principle's and events which by their uniform as well as extenfive operation conducted all of them to that degree of improvement in policy and in manners which they had attained at the period when Charles V. began his ...
... thofe general principle's and events which by their uniform as well as extenfive operation conducted all of them to that degree of improvement in policy and in manners which they had attained at the period when Charles V. began his ...
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... thofe loofe affociations , which , though they scarce diminished their perfonal independance , had been fufficient for their fecurity while they remained in their original countries , they faw the neceflity of confederating more closely ...
... thofe loofe affociations , which , though they scarce diminished their perfonal independance , had been fufficient for their fecurity while they remained in their original countries , they faw the neceflity of confederating more closely ...
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