The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 11. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... successful in obtaining the complete re- establishment of discipline . In the following year he com manded the left wing ... success in Catalonia ; but , not wishing to comply with certain orders he received from Paris , he resigned his ...
... successful in obtaining the complete re- establishment of discipline . In the following year he com manded the left wing ... success in Catalonia ; but , not wishing to comply with certain orders he received from Paris , he resigned his ...
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... success . The ostensible in the ultimate supremacy of the House of Commons . That seat of power is the throne , and ... successful rivals . All this is a matter of custom , not of law ; and it is doubtful if any two authorities could ...
... success . The ostensible in the ultimate supremacy of the House of Commons . That seat of power is the throne , and ... successful rivals . All this is a matter of custom , not of law ; and it is doubtful if any two authorities could ...
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... success . 1 It is worth noting that direct election to offices - supposed to be characteristic of the democratic spirit - has no place in English political ideas . The few instances in which it occurs are regarded with indiffer ence ...
... success . 1 It is worth noting that direct election to offices - supposed to be characteristic of the democratic spirit - has no place in English political ideas . The few instances in which it occurs are regarded with indiffer ence ...
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... success of the free - trade agitation in 1843 , which was not so much a protest against state regula- Eg , a contract to let a hall for a lecture advocating atheistic principles . tion as a demand for a cheap supply of food . Since that ...
... success of the free - trade agitation in 1843 , which was not so much a protest against state regula- Eg , a contract to let a hall for a lecture advocating atheistic principles . tion as a demand for a cheap supply of food . Since that ...
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... success . Struck by the effect pro- duced on the audience by the introduction of the super- natural or mythical element , which he had merely used as & convenient medium for his satirical purposes , Gozzi now produced a series of ...
... success . Struck by the effect pro- duced on the audience by the introduction of the super- natural or mythical element , which he had merely used as & convenient medium for his satirical purposes , Gozzi now produced a series of ...
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