The National Quarterly Review, Volúmenes 11-12Pudney & Russell, 1865 |
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... cause of one or the other religion , and changed the same as convic- tions or policy commanded . Austria alone was firm for Catholicism . She was , as her power entitled her to be , the head of the alliance of the League , so - called ...
... cause of one or the other religion , and changed the same as convic- tions or policy commanded . Austria alone was firm for Catholicism . She was , as her power entitled her to be , the head of the alliance of the League , so - called ...
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... cause of his master and of himself . Success was in every point of view of the first importance , and this accordingly he always ensured with military skill ; further , self - aggrandizement was his ruling motive , and therefore success ...
... cause of his master and of himself . Success was in every point of view of the first importance , and this accordingly he always ensured with military skill ; further , self - aggrandizement was his ruling motive , and therefore success ...
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... cause what it might , the fact was simply that Wallenstein did , without an effort at disobedience , retire from camp to Gitchin . But in military or domestic life the spirit of the man was the same . He scanned Germany with the eye of ...
... cause what it might , the fact was simply that Wallenstein did , without an effort at disobedience , retire from camp to Gitchin . But in military or domestic life the spirit of the man was the same . He scanned Germany with the eye of ...
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... cause for the ignoble purpose of ren- dering his own services more imperatively necessary . It may be that his statement is correct , that Wallenstein might have held the city had he chosen to make the effort ; or it may be that the ...
... cause for the ignoble purpose of ren- dering his own services more imperatively necessary . It may be that his statement is correct , that Wallenstein might have held the city had he chosen to make the effort ; or it may be that the ...
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... cause of Gustavus in Germany . If Gustavus and Wallenstein were equally matched , then the Elector John George was the deciding weight . Accordingly , Wallenstein resorted to every art to shake his steadfastness ; the most tempting ...
... cause of Gustavus in Germany . If Gustavus and Wallenstein were equally matched , then the Elector John George was the deciding weight . Accordingly , Wallenstein resorted to every art to shake his steadfastness ; the most tempting ...
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Página 259 - But why then publish ? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write; Well-natured Garth inflamed with early praise, And Congreve loved, and Swift endured my lays; The courtly Talbot, Somers, Sheffield, read; Even mitred Rochester would nod the head, And St. John's self (great Dryden's friends before) With open arms received one poet more.
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