The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and English |
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Page 13
... close of the Seven Years ' War , is in the highest state of prosperity : at the close of the American war she is in a miserable and de- graded condition ; as if people were not on the whole as rich , as well governed , and as well ...
... close of the Seven Years ' War , is in the highest state of prosperity : at the close of the American war she is in a miserable and de- graded condition ; as if people were not on the whole as rich , as well governed , and as well ...
Page 43
... close of the fourth century , the mon- astic population in a great part of Egypt was nearly equal to the population of the cities . Egypt was the parent of mona- chism , and it was there that it attained both its extreme de- velopment ...
... close of the fourth century , the mon- astic population in a great part of Egypt was nearly equal to the population of the cities . Egypt was the parent of mona- chism , and it was there that it attained both its extreme de- velopment ...
Page 209
... close to him the near passage of bullet or round - shot , he shrinks and cringes . His eyeballs protrude . Wild with fright , he still does not most commonly gallop home into camp . His instinct seems rather to tell him that what safety ...
... close to him the near passage of bullet or round - shot , he shrinks and cringes . His eyeballs protrude . Wild with fright , he still does not most commonly gallop home into camp . His instinct seems rather to tell him that what safety ...
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