Littell's Living Age, Volume 174Littell, Son and Company, 1887 |
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Page 28
... France were beginning to recognize the strength of the colonial feeling upon the subject . A short time ago the French newspapers of all shades declared that France intended to stay in the New Heb- rides , to get labor thence , and to ...
... France were beginning to recognize the strength of the colonial feeling upon the subject . A short time ago the French newspapers of all shades declared that France intended to stay in the New Heb- rides , to get labor thence , and to ...
Page 323
... France almost forgot the degradation of their position . The credit of Louis XIV . is so fallen that we are apt to do him less than justice even in the one feature of his ca- joyed , when their power rivalled that of the crown . They ...
... France almost forgot the degradation of their position . The credit of Louis XIV . is so fallen that we are apt to do him less than justice even in the one feature of his ca- joyed , when their power rivalled that of the crown . They ...
Page 335
... France was too complete to be averted by princely mu- nificence . The fault was as much , indeed more , that of others than of himself . France , rich in genius and in capacity , had committed to a single man the impos- sible duty of ...
... France was too complete to be averted by princely mu- nificence . The fault was as much , indeed more , that of others than of himself . France , rich in genius and in capacity , had committed to a single man the impos- sible duty of ...
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