Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 9
... began to show in his new calling other qualities which had not before been dis- cerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legi- timate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and ...
... began to show in his new calling other qualities which had not before been dis- cerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legi- timate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and ...
Pagina 11
... began to bring contempt on themselves and destruction on their sub- jects . The wide dominion of the Franks was severed into a thousand pieces . Nothing more than a nominal dignity was left to the abject heirs of an illustrious name ...
... began to bring contempt on themselves and destruction on their sub- jects . The wide dominion of the Franks was severed into a thousand pieces . Nothing more than a nominal dignity was left to the abject heirs of an illustrious name ...
Pagina 12
... began to ferment into new forms of life . While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just here , in the most barren and dreary ...
... began to ferment into new forms of life . While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just here , in the most barren and dreary ...
Pagina 20
... began to collect provisions , to throw up works , and to make preparations for sustaining a siege . The garrison , which had fled at his approach , had now recovered from its dismay , and , having been swollen by large reinforcements ...
... began to collect provisions , to throw up works , and to make preparations for sustaining a siege . The garrison , which had fled at his approach , had now recovered from its dismay , and , having been swollen by large reinforcements ...
Pagina 21
... began to feel the pressure of hunger . Under such circumstances , any troops so scantily provided with officers might have been expected to show signs of insubordination ; and the danger was peculiarly great in a force composed of men ...
... began to feel the pressure of hunger . Under such circumstances , any troops so scantily provided with officers might have been expected to show signs of insubordination ; and the danger was peculiarly great in a force composed of men ...
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