Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousCarey and Hart, 1844 - 707 páginas |
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... Europe , the traces of ancient civilization . The night which descended upon her was the night of an arctic summer : -the dawn began to reappear before the last reflection of the preceding sun- set had faded from the horizon . It was in ...
... Europe , the traces of ancient civilization . The night which descended upon her was the night of an arctic summer : -the dawn began to reappear before the last reflection of the preceding sun- set had faded from the horizon . It was in ...
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... Europe , our own perhaps excepted , have at tion produced , indeed , no second Dante ; but the present time reached so high a point of it was eminently distinguished by general in- wealth and civilization as some parts of Italy ...
... Europe , our own perhaps excepted , have at tion produced , indeed , no second Dante ; but the present time reached so high a point of it was eminently distinguished by general in- wealth and civilization as some parts of Italy ...
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... Europe . That foot sol- diers could withstand the charge of heavy ca- valry was thought utterly impossible , till , to- wards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude mountaineers of Switzerland dissolved the spell , and astounded ...
... Europe . That foot sol- diers could withstand the charge of heavy ca- valry was thought utterly impossible , till , to- wards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude mountaineers of Switzerland dissolved the spell , and astounded ...
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... Europe . Their wit and their folly , their fret- fulness and their merriment are exposed to us . We are admitted to overhear their chat , and to watch their familiar gestures . It is interesting and curious to recognise , in ...
... Europe . Their wit and their folly , their fret- fulness and their merriment are exposed to us . We are admitted to overhear their chat , and to watch their familiar gestures . It is interesting and curious to recognise , in ...
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... Europe . Something he doubtless owes to his merit , but much more to his fortune . He had the good luck of a valentine . He caught the eye of the French nation at the moment when it was waking from the long sleep of political and ...
... Europe . Something he doubtless owes to his merit , but much more to his fortune . He had the good luck of a valentine . He caught the eye of the French nation at the moment when it was waking from the long sleep of political and ...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista completa - 1854 |
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