The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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Page 36
... character was shamelessly vicious and tyrannical . He deprived his nobles of their most dearly cherished privileges , forbade them to maintain armed re- tainers , and forced them , on pain of confiscation , to leave their estates and ...
... character was shamelessly vicious and tyrannical . He deprived his nobles of their most dearly cherished privileges , forbade them to maintain armed re- tainers , and forced them , on pain of confiscation , to leave their estates and ...
Page 37
... character had led to her appointment as governor of the Low Countries , it was his nightly amusement to saunter in disguise through the streets and challenge any cavalier of martial appearance whom he met . As a young man he was ...
... character had led to her appointment as governor of the Low Countries , it was his nightly amusement to saunter in disguise through the streets and challenge any cavalier of martial appearance whom he met . As a young man he was ...
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... character of the letter and of the attendant circumstances seems to render it probable that the whole thing was prepared beforehand to quash the plot , but in such a manner that the Government should not be fully alive to the danger ...
... character of the letter and of the attendant circumstances seems to render it probable that the whole thing was prepared beforehand to quash the plot , but in such a manner that the Government should not be fully alive to the danger ...
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... Character of the Low Countries . He was □ Royalist and a strict high - churchman . It is supposed that he died soon ... character . The ancient practice of the weapon was probably carried to its greatest perfection amongst the Romans ...
... Character of the Low Countries . He was □ Royalist and a strict high - churchman . It is supposed that he died soon ... character . The ancient practice of the weapon was probably carried to its greatest perfection amongst the Romans ...
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... character , and the elevation of his teaching , he embraced the Catholic faith , spent much of his time at Cambray , and wrote the first life ever published of his teacher and friend . The last years of the good archbishop's life were ...
... character , and the elevation of his teaching , he embraced the Catholic faith , spent much of his time at Cambray , and wrote the first life ever published of his teacher and friend . The last years of the good archbishop's life were ...
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