Letters on the Study and Use of History: On Exile ; the Spirit of Patriotism ; Idea of a Patriot King ; State of Parties in 1714Alexander Murray, 1870 - 280 pages |
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... Spain and Alphonsus of Naples were cured of desperate distempers by reading Livy and Quintus Curtius : a silly tale which Bodin , Amyot , and others have picked up and propagated . Lucullus had served in his youth against the Marsi ...
... Spain and Alphonsus of Naples were cured of desperate distempers by reading Livy and Quintus Curtius : a silly tale which Bodin , Amyot , and others have picked up and propagated . Lucullus had served in his youth against the Marsi ...
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... various interests and humours of our parties , all these are so peculiar to ourselves , and so different from the notions , manners , and SPAIN , THE NETHERLANDS , GERMANY , AND AUSTRIA . BOLINGBROKE ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY . 57.
... various interests and humours of our parties , all these are so peculiar to ourselves , and so different from the notions , manners , and SPAIN , THE NETHERLANDS , GERMANY , AND AUSTRIA . BOLINGBROKE ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY . 57.
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... SPAIN , THE NETHERLANDS , GERMANY , AND AUSTRIA . 58 habits of other nations , that it is not wonderful they should ... SPAIN AND THE EMPIRE . - Spain figured little in Europe till the latter part of the fifteenth century ; till Castile ...
... SPAIN , THE NETHERLANDS , GERMANY , AND AUSTRIA . 58 habits of other nations , that it is not wonderful they should ... SPAIN AND THE EMPIRE . - Spain figured little in Europe till the latter part of the fifteenth century ; till Castile ...
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... Spain , and England particularly , have been more concerned since this period in the affairs of Germany than they were before it ; and by consequence the history of Germany , from the beginning of the sixteenth century , is of ...
... Spain , and England particularly , have been more concerned since this period in the affairs of Germany than they were before it ; and by consequence the history of Germany , from the beginning of the sixteenth century , is of ...
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... Spain , and Germany , the principal nations concerned , as it is relatively to the general history of Europe . The death of Queen Elizabeth , and the accession of King James I. , made a vast alteration in the government of our nation at ...
... Spain , and Germany , the principal nations concerned , as it is relatively to the general history of Europe . The death of Queen Elizabeth , and the accession of King James I. , made a vast alteration in the government of our nation at ...
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