Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 2S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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... spirit of chivalry inspired the previous discipline ; they were ad- nobles of Europe with more liberal mitted into the order by solemnities and generous sentiments than had no less devout than pompous ; every This institution , person ...
... spirit of chivalry inspired the previous discipline ; they were ad- nobles of Europe with more liberal mitted into the order by solemnities and generous sentiments than had no less devout than pompous ; every This institution , person ...
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... spirit of free country , where the humour of the gospel , and the malignant spirit the people must be considered as at- of party . The most impious wars tentively as the humour of a king in ever made were those called holy an absolute ...
... spirit of free country , where the humour of the gospel , and the malignant spirit the people must be considered as at- of party . The most impious wars tentively as the humour of a king in ever made were those called holy an absolute ...
Page 190
... spirit of persecu- own consent . What shall oppose tion never to be appeased ? Are the this spirit , aided by the congenial brave sons of those brave forefathers flame glowing in the breast of every to inherit their sufferings , as they ...
... spirit of persecu- own consent . What shall oppose tion never to be appeased ? Are the this spirit , aided by the congenial brave sons of those brave forefathers flame glowing in the breast of every to inherit their sufferings , as they ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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