The Foreign Quarterly Review, 36. köideTreuttel and Würtz, Treuttel, Jun, and Richter, 1846 |
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... produce : to these were added the French experience of Berna- dotte , who , if he might reasonably be a little backward to strike blows against his ancient country , could certainly say how others might most efficiently strike them ...
... produce : to these were added the French experience of Berna- dotte , who , if he might reasonably be a little backward to strike blows against his ancient country , could certainly say how others might most efficiently strike them ...
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... produce . This is the opinion , also , as we are glad to see , of that highly intelligent English soldier , Colonel Mitchell : though our readers must not suppose that the Prussian officer of artillery is at all inspired with the ...
... produce . This is the opinion , also , as we are glad to see , of that highly intelligent English soldier , Colonel Mitchell : though our readers must not suppose that the Prussian officer of artillery is at all inspired with the ...
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... produces wavering ; with a coalition of powers , actual or contemplated , it may haply pro- duce division . We may say , therefore , with decision , in the face of Jomini and Mr. Alison , the armistice was no blunder . The blunder , and ...
... produces wavering ; with a coalition of powers , actual or contemplated , it may haply pro- duce division . We may say , therefore , with decision , in the face of Jomini and Mr. Alison , the armistice was no blunder . The blunder , and ...
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... produced , and barely escaped damnation , at the Odéon ; it was called Le Tribun du Peuple , ' or something to that effect ; and was written by a young creole , M. Latour , who in extravagance , ambition , and withal a knowledge of ...
... produced , and barely escaped damnation , at the Odéon ; it was called Le Tribun du Peuple , ' or something to that effect ; and was written by a young creole , M. Latour , who in extravagance , ambition , and withal a knowledge of ...
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... produced at the Théâtre Français - the very ground of classical tradition ; and was not a mere tentative of a new form of composition , but one appearing before a prepared and willing audience . M. Latour is the Napoleon of the revolu ...
... produced at the Théâtre Français - the very ground of classical tradition ; and was not a mere tentative of a new form of composition , but one appearing before a prepared and willing audience . M. Latour is the Napoleon of the revolu ...
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