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... France during the siege of Paris . Resigned on February 6th , 1871. Was returned to the National Assembly in the same month , and became the prominent leader of the Republican party . In 1879 , appointed President of the Chamber of ...
... France during the siege of Paris . Resigned on February 6th , 1871. Was returned to the National Assembly in the same month , and became the prominent leader of the Republican party . In 1879 , appointed President of the Chamber of ...
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... France , first began life in Paris . He had little to do , and he had neither money nor influential friends . So he was forced to dress shabbily and to live cheaply . But he had two qualifications for succeeding in the vocation he had ...
... France , first began life in Paris . He had little to do , and he had neither money nor influential friends . So he was forced to dress shabbily and to live cheaply . But he had two qualifications for succeeding in the vocation he had ...
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... France by a sudden and treacherous blow . Such a speech , so fresh , so bold , so full of fine passages of sentiment and decla- mation , fell like dew upon the parched hearts of the French people . Within four- and - twenty hours our ...
... France by a sudden and treacherous blow . Such a speech , so fresh , so bold , so full of fine passages of sentiment and decla- mation , fell like dew upon the parched hearts of the French people . Within four- and - twenty hours our ...
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... France during the eventful days of the Great War . His escape from Paris in a balloon ; his establish- ment of himself at Tours as virtual Dictator ; and his organisation of that grand resistance of the nation to the invader , which ...
... France during the eventful days of the Great War . His escape from Paris in a balloon ; his establish- ment of himself at Tours as virtual Dictator ; and his organisation of that grand resistance of the nation to the invader , which ...
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... France for all time the debtor of this young man . If M. Gambetta's career had ended then , he would still have been one of the most striking figures in history , but the world . would have appreciated his real character very ...
... France for all time the debtor of this young man . If M. Gambetta's career had ended then , he would still have been one of the most striking figures in history , but the world . would have appreciated his real character very ...
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Page 81 - Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with Eternal God for power...
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Page ix - In the case of Members of Parliament, I have wished to indicate to some extent the position they hold, and the reputation they enjoy in the House itself...