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... history during a period of more than three thousand years , and gives a sketch of their lives , as the bearers and expon- ents of the significant ages to which they belong . These ages , as they strike the historical eye , are the ...
... history during a period of more than three thousand years , and gives a sketch of their lives , as the bearers and expon- ents of the significant ages to which they belong . These ages , as they strike the historical eye , are the ...
Page x
... some of the Hohen- stauffen in the niche which , as a Scot , I was proud to assign to Wallace and Bruce ; while for similar patriotic reasons , the place of honour in the more recent history of Britain has been as- signed X PREFACE .
... some of the Hohen- stauffen in the niche which , as a Scot , I was proud to assign to Wallace and Bruce ; while for similar patriotic reasons , the place of honour in the more recent history of Britain has been as- signed X PREFACE .
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John Stuart Blackie. the more recent history of Britain has been as- signed to Cromwell , which in a German atmo- sphere would have fallen to Gustavus Adolphus , or the great Prussian Frederick . So much for the historical significance ...
John Stuart Blackie. the more recent history of Britain has been as- signed to Cromwell , which in a German atmo- sphere would have fallen to Gustavus Adolphus , or the great Prussian Frederick . So much for the historical significance ...
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... historical , and taken directly from the ori- ginal authorities . The indifference shown by Socrates to the ȧváykaι or necessary laws of physical science , as con- trasted with the freedom of practical reason in which moral science ...
... historical , and taken directly from the ori- ginal authorities . The indifference shown by Socrates to the ȧváykaι or necessary laws of physical science , as con- trasted with the freedom of practical reason in which moral science ...
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... History of Europe . Twenty - ninth Thousand , 78. 6d . 4. Atlas to Alison's History of Europe . By A. Keith Johnston , LIBRARY EDITION , demy 4to , £ 3 , 38 . PEOPLE'S EDITION . 318. 6d . Life of John Duke of Marlborough . With some ...
... History of Europe . Twenty - ninth Thousand , 78. 6d . 4. Atlas to Alison's History of Europe . By A. Keith Johnston , LIBRARY EDITION , demy 4to , £ 3 , 38 . PEOPLE'S EDITION . 318. 6d . Life of John Duke of Marlborough . With some ...
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