History of France: From the Earliest Times to MDCCCXLVIIIWilliam Blackwood, 1859 - 639 sider |
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... REIGNS AND GOVERNS , A.D. 1662 , TO THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN , A.D. 1678 , • XV . GRANDEUR AND FALL OF LOUIS , A.D. 1678 TO A.D. 1715 , 385 404 XVI . LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH . - REGENCY OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS . - A . D. 1715 TO A.D. 1723 - A.D ...
... REIGNS AND GOVERNS , A.D. 1662 , TO THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN , A.D. 1678 , • XV . GRANDEUR AND FALL OF LOUIS , A.D. 1678 TO A.D. 1715 , 385 404 XVI . LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH . - REGENCY OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS . - A . D. 1715 TO A.D. 1723 - A.D ...
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... . Luxury in dress and festival kept up its ancient reign ; and a Roman of the last days of the Republic , if suddenly transplanted into the drawing - room of Avitus , the prelate FRANKS . 15 of Vienne , or Sidonius Appollinaris of.
... . Luxury in dress and festival kept up its ancient reign ; and a Roman of the last days of the Republic , if suddenly transplanted into the drawing - room of Avitus , the prelate FRANKS . 15 of Vienne , or Sidonius Appollinaris of.
Side 19
... reign , the leader of the armies in war , and President of the Council in peace . The humility of the name for a long time hid the real nature of the appointment ; and long after Fredegonde had died amid the execrations of the country ...
... reign , the leader of the armies in war , and President of the Council in peace . The humility of the name for a long time hid the real nature of the appointment ; and long after Fredegonde had died amid the execrations of the country ...
Side 21
... reign pontiffs and lords of the city and territories of Rome . By this arrangement , two shadowy impostures were abol- ished , and two strong realities substituted in their stead . The Western Church was freed from its nominal vassalage ...
... reign pontiffs and lords of the city and territories of Rome . By this arrangement , two shadowy impostures were abol- ished , and two strong realities substituted in their stead . The Western Church was freed from its nominal vassalage ...
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... reign had accustomed all Europe to the supremacy of a master mind . When the master mind was withdrawn , the feeling of obedience still remained . But it could not long stand the shock to which it was now exposed by the weakness and ...
... reign had accustomed all Europe to the supremacy of a master mind . When the master mind was withdrawn , the feeling of obedience still remained . But it could not long stand the shock to which it was now exposed by the weakness and ...
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History of France: From the Earliest Times to MDCCCXLVIII. James White Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1874 |
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Side 451 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Side 22 - It is the land that freemen till, That sober-suited Freedom chose, The land, where girt with friends or foes, A man may speak the thing he will; A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom...
Side 138 - Friburgh two thousand florins in two days. If he had the office of a mountebank, he possessed the manners also. Convicted at Inspruck of adultery and infamous conduct, his vices had nearly caused his death. The Emperor Maximilian had ordered him to be put into a sack, and thrown into the river. The Elector Frederick of Saxony interfered and obtained his pardon. But the lesson that he had received had not taught him modesty. He led two of his children about with him. Millitz, the pope's legate, mentions...
Side v - This book makes an attempt to furnish a readable account of the country with which we are in closest neighbourhood, and yet of whose history the generality of us know less than of that of almost any other kingdom. It aims at something higher than a mere epitome, for it founds itself on a great deal of various reading, and gives results more than abstracts. At the same time, it devotes sufficient space to any occurrences which seem to have a general bearing on the progress or character of the nation....