Essays Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3William Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 6
... decline with the interests to which they were devoted , or the passions by which they were misled . The rise of new political struggles will consign to oblivion the vast talent which was engulfed in the contention ; the acces- sion of a ...
... decline with the interests to which they were devoted , or the passions by which they were misled . The rise of new political struggles will consign to oblivion the vast talent which was engulfed in the contention ; the acces- sion of a ...
Sivu 17
... declining days with them ? Let no one imagine that fear will make me become a better husband . No ; we do not attach our- selves to a possession of which we are not secure , we do not love a property which we are in danger of losing ...
... declining days with them ? Let no one imagine that fear will make me become a better husband . No ; we do not attach our- selves to a possession of which we are not secure , we do not love a property which we are in danger of losing ...
Sivu 47
... declined at length less from want of ardour in the cause than from failure of the physical and material resources to maintain at so vast a distance so wasting a struggle , and supply the places of the multitudes of the faithful whose ...
... declined at length less from want of ardour in the cause than from failure of the physical and material resources to maintain at so vast a distance so wasting a struggle , and supply the places of the multitudes of the faithful whose ...
Sivu 76
... Roman empire in the zenith of its power , as it existed in the time of Augustus ; of its decline and long protracted old age , under Constantine and his successors on the Byzantine throne ; of the manners of 76 GUIZOT .
... Roman empire in the zenith of its power , as it existed in the time of Augustus ; of its decline and long protracted old age , under Constantine and his successors on the Byzantine throne ; of the manners of 76 GUIZOT .
Sivu 79
... decline of that celebrated people were owing . It is to be regretted only that he did not come to modern times and other ages with the same masterly survey ; the information collected in the Esprit des Loix would have furnished him with ...
... decline of that celebrated people were owing . It is to be regretted only that he did not come to modern times and other ages with the same masterly survey ; the information collected in the Esprit des Loix would have furnished him with ...
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