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... English communion that gives all their life and efficacy to them . It is the spirit of the English Constitution , which , infused through the mighty mass , pervades , feeds , unites , invigorates , vivifies every part of the empire ...
... English communion that gives all their life and efficacy to them . It is the spirit of the English Constitution , which , infused through the mighty mass , pervades , feeds , unites , invigorates , vivifies every part of the empire ...
Page 186
... English and Danes who fled from the yoke of the Norman conqueror . The habits of pilgrimage and piracy had approximated the countries of the earth ; the exiles were entertained in the Byzantine court ; and they pre- served , till the ...
... English and Danes who fled from the yoke of the Norman conqueror . The habits of pilgrimage and piracy had approximated the countries of the earth ; the exiles were entertained in the Byzantine court ; and they pre- served , till the ...
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... English aristocratic style of art of the same time was less thorough than the French , it was because the aristocratic ideal had less completely gained a hold upon English than upon French life . If such minor manifestations as these ...
... English aristocratic style of art of the same time was less thorough than the French , it was because the aristocratic ideal had less completely gained a hold upon English than upon French life . If such minor manifestations as these ...
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