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... Ancients , .. Ancient Rome , .................. .. Roman Palaces , ... ..... 176 .......... 177 .181 XX . - Steam - Engines , .. ..185 ..... XXI . - Adventures , .. ... 194 XXII . - Peter the Great , ...... .......
... Ancients , .. Ancient Rome , .................. .. Roman Palaces , ... ..... 176 .......... 177 .181 XX . - Steam - Engines , .. ..185 ..... XXI . - Adventures , .. ... 194 XXII . - Peter the Great , ...... .......
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... ancients . " " It is so thought , " said he . " It is so said , I allow , " interrupted Egeria ; " but how far justly is ... ancient or mo- dern , it ought to flourish here in greater perfection than it ever did elsewhere . " " But ...
... ancients . " " It is so thought , " said he . " It is so said , I allow , " interrupted Egeria ; " but how far justly is ... ancient or mo- dern , it ought to flourish here in greater perfection than it ever did elsewhere . " " But ...
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... ancient , but , they thought , an abrogated or- der . They reversed their proceedings . Instead of re- ceiving presents , they made loans . Instead of carrying on wars in their own name , they contrived an authority , at once ...
... ancient , but , they thought , an abrogated or- der . They reversed their proceedings . Instead of re- ceiving presents , they made loans . Instead of carrying on wars in their own name , they contrived an authority , at once ...
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... ancient allegorical drama . 66 Equally dramatic and poetical is the part allotted to Satan in those ancient romances of religion , the Lives of the Saints : he is the main motive of the action of the narrative , to which his agency ...
... ancient allegorical drama . 66 Equally dramatic and poetical is the part allotted to Satan in those ancient romances of religion , the Lives of the Saints : he is the main motive of the action of the narrative , to which his agency ...
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... ancient maxim in the policy of his countrymen , to respect the religious rites while they erased the his- tory of the nations they subdued ; but the remnant of our people , who had determined to perish with every thing rather than again ...
... ancient maxim in the policy of his countrymen , to respect the religious rites while they erased the his- tory of the nations they subdued ; but the remnant of our people , who had determined to perish with every thing rather than again ...
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