The English Review, Volume 10F. & J. Rivington., 1848 |
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... character and adventures give an opening for the historian which modern events seldom afford , and we can assure our readers that our author has not neglected the opportunity . We extract a passage from his history . " Condé , who ...
... character and adventures give an opening for the historian which modern events seldom afford , and we can assure our readers that our author has not neglected the opportunity . We extract a passage from his history . " Condé , who ...
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... characters of a soldier and a reformer more than any of his contemporaries . Brantôme compares him with the Duke of Guise . He says they were diamonds of the first water , on the superior excellence of which it would be impossible to ...
... characters of a soldier and a reformer more than any of his contemporaries . Brantôme compares him with the Duke of Guise . He says they were diamonds of the first water , on the superior excellence of which it would be impossible to ...
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... character of a French army , and placed it above the level of a horde of barbarous invaders , whose chief object was plunder , without respect even to their own allies . He attempted to procure for France a just system of representative ...
... character of a French army , and placed it above the level of a horde of barbarous invaders , whose chief object was plunder , without respect even to their own allies . He attempted to procure for France a just system of representative ...
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... characters and facts before us , we are led to the painful conclusion , that there was little religion on either side ; but we cannot forget that we have no " acts and monuments " of the martyrs of France . The historians seem to have ...
... characters and facts before us , we are led to the painful conclusion , that there was little religion on either side ; but we cannot forget that we have no " acts and monuments " of the martyrs of France . The historians seem to have ...
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... characters well sustained . History is improving where it is true , but private life and individual character have an interest beyond historical detail , and our author has happily combined both . We only hope that the promise in the ...
... characters well sustained . History is improving where it is true , but private life and individual character have an interest beyond historical detail , and our author has happily combined both . We only hope that the promise in the ...
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