The North British Review, Volumen31W.P. Kennedy, 1859 |
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... volume now before us — the second volume of what he entitles , " Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de mon temps . " They are well named . They do serve to make clear " the his- tory of his time ; " and some admissions are contained in ...
... volume now before us — the second volume of what he entitles , " Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de mon temps . " They are well named . They do serve to make clear " the his- tory of his time ; " and some admissions are contained in ...
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... volume , we can reconcile these apparent con- tradictions , because the contradictions of the King's character are so clearly revealed to us ; we never could do so before . But here our praise must stop short . Here we leave the King ...
... volume , we can reconcile these apparent con- tradictions , because the contradictions of the King's character are so clearly revealed to us ; we never could do so before . But here our praise must stop short . Here we leave the King ...
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... volume before us , and allowed ourselves to be really carried back to events of which it is humiliating and we will say more - alarming to think how little we knew at the time , we can easily comprehend this hesi- tation . The work was ...
... volume before us , and allowed ourselves to be really carried back to events of which it is humiliating and we will say more - alarming to think how little we knew at the time , we can easily comprehend this hesi- tation . The work was ...
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... volume before us teaches nothing , or it teaches how fatal an error was committed by the establishment of a revolu- tionary monarchy in 1830 , in preference to the possible modi- Defects of the Management of 1830 . 13 fication of 12 ...
... volume before us teaches nothing , or it teaches how fatal an error was committed by the establishment of a revolu- tionary monarchy in 1830 , in preference to the possible modi- Defects of the Management of 1830 . 13 fication of 12 ...
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... volume . Acts are for- gotten , or cease for a thousand reasons , to have their primitive sense ; but theories calmly exposed are fruitful , and may give birth to future acts . He would be a wise man who should ven- ture upon the ...
... volume . Acts are for- gotten , or cease for a thousand reasons , to have their primitive sense ; but theories calmly exposed are fruitful , and may give birth to future acts . He would be a wise man who should ven- ture upon the ...
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