The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, Volume 1G. Bell & Sons, 1898 |
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... passed through high political functions , M. Guizot was still poor ; but his pen remained to him . Renouncing the in- flammatory questions of the moment , he undertook a series of great historical works , which the biographer may confi ...
... passed through high political functions , M. Guizot was still poor ; but his pen remained to him . Renouncing the in- flammatory questions of the moment , he undertook a series of great historical works , which the biographer may confi ...
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... passed at the fifth century - The clergy exercising municipal functions - Good and evil influence of the church - The bar- barians - They introduce into the modern world the sentiments of per- sonal independence , and the devotion of ...
... passed at the fifth century - The clergy exercising municipal functions - Good and evil influence of the church - The bar- barians - They introduce into the modern world the sentiments of per- sonal independence , and the devotion of ...
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... passed in this way through France . And for this reason : there is in the French character some- thing sociable , something sympathetic , something which makes its way with greater facility and effect than does the national genius of ...
... passed in this way through France . And for this reason : there is in the French character some- thing sociable , something sympathetic , something which makes its way with greater facility and effect than does the national genius of ...
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... passed through this state . Is this a civilized state ? It may , doubtless , contain principles of civilization which will develop themselves by successive degrees ; but the fact which dominates in such a society is , 8 HISTORY OF.
... passed through this state . Is this a civilized state ? It may , doubtless , contain principles of civilization which will develop themselves by successive degrees ; but the fact which dominates in such a society is , 8 HISTORY OF.
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... passed away ; though its reasoning may appear to us slow , its logic is none the less true and sound . To Providence , time is as nothing ; it strides through time as the gods of Homer through space : it makes but one step , and ages ...
... passed away ; though its reasoning may appear to us slow , its logic is none the less true and sound . To Providence , time is as nothing ; it strides through time as the gods of Homer through space : it makes but one step , and ages ...
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