The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Zväzok 160A. Constable, 1884 |
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... never more grandly shown ; the ability with which he availed himself of the obstacles of the Marne and the Seine , and with forces utterly inferior in numbers more than once routed the allied hosts , was worthy of the general of 1796 ...
... never more grandly shown ; the ability with which he availed himself of the obstacles of the Marne and the Seine , and with forces utterly inferior in numbers more than once routed the allied hosts , was worthy of the general of 1796 ...
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... never really changes ; and while the Comte retained the princely and charming manner of a grand seigneur of the old régime , he had still the levity , the pride of caste , and the blind obstinacy against change and progress which in a ...
... never really changes ; and while the Comte retained the princely and charming manner of a grand seigneur of the old régime , he had still the levity , the pride of caste , and the blind obstinacy against change and progress which in a ...
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... Do not compromise me ! " Then , with a flashing glance- " A refusal ! " The expression was of such a kind that both were silent for a moment . " I go to Romanzoff : never ! " exclaimed 22 July , Memoirs of M. de Vitrolles .
... Do not compromise me ! " Then , with a flashing glance- " A refusal ! " The expression was of such a kind that both were silent for a moment . " I go to Romanzoff : never ! " exclaimed 22 July , Memoirs of M. de Vitrolles .
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... never give us peace and prosperity . Look at that buffoon ; he is going through Belgium in the midst of fêtes and receptions arranged by himself . " Compare this charlatan exhi- bition with the journey of Louis XVI . to Cherbourg ...
... never give us peace and prosperity . Look at that buffoon ; he is going through Belgium in the midst of fêtes and receptions arranged by himself . " Compare this charlatan exhi- bition with the journey of Louis XVI . to Cherbourg ...
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... never beheld such a concourse . municipality , the high courts of justice , and the other authorities , had places laid out for them ; but these had been invaded ; the Senate alone was not there in state . It had done this deliberately ...
... never beheld such a concourse . municipality , the high courts of justice , and the other authorities , had places laid out for them ; but these had been invaded ; the Senate alone was not there in state . It had done this deliberately ...
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