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Page 32
... Europe saw a similar effect from a similar cause . The Danes , writh- ing under oppressions of their nobility , conferred abso- lute power on their king by general suffrage . We find in Sacred History another important politi- cal ...
... Europe saw a similar effect from a similar cause . The Danes , writh- ing under oppressions of their nobility , conferred abso- lute power on their king by general suffrage . We find in Sacred History another important politi- cal ...
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... Europe poured her crusading population on the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea , mark the lowest de- pression of human character , its greatest elevation will be found in the present age . Our struggle , to defend and secure the ...
... Europe poured her crusading population on the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea , mark the lowest de- pression of human character , its greatest elevation will be found in the present age . Our struggle , to defend and secure the ...
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... European settlement , em- brace a population of twice fifty thousand souls . Europe witnessed , in eight years , four events which had great influence on the condition of mankind . The race of English monarchs expired with Elizabeth in ...
... European settlement , em- brace a population of twice fifty thousand souls . Europe witnessed , in eight years , four events which had great influence on the condition of mankind . The race of English monarchs expired with Elizabeth in ...
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... Europe , -poured the rapid current of conquest back from the ruins of Moscow to the walls of Paris , and stands a proud arbiter of human destiny . A mission of no common sort was lately about to proceed from the New World to the Old ...
... Europe , -poured the rapid current of conquest back from the ruins of Moscow to the walls of Paris , and stands a proud arbiter of human destiny . A mission of no common sort was lately about to proceed from the New World to the Old ...
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... European wealth can gain ap- plause or emolument for meting out , by syllables re- luctantly drawn together , unharmonious hexameters , far be it from us to rival the manufacture . Be it ours to boast that the first vessel successfully ...
... European wealth can gain ap- plause or emolument for meting out , by syllables re- luctantly drawn together , unharmonious hexameters , far be it from us to rival the manufacture . Be it ours to boast that the first vessel successfully ...
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