Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 78William Blackwood, 1855 - England |
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... army , a fleet , singleness of administration , yet civil liberty . And this was at the beginning of the eleventh century , when Europe was the scene of feudal tyranny , of the weakness of sovereigns , the inso- lence of barons , the ...
... army , a fleet , singleness of administration , yet civil liberty . And this was at the beginning of the eleventh century , when Europe was the scene of feudal tyranny , of the weakness of sovereigns , the inso- lence of barons , the ...
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... army of Tartars , and left it to perish in the flames without attempting a blow to save the scene of his pride and ... army even less of a feudal character . However , no standing army of any kind seems to have ex- isted before the time ...
... army of Tartars , and left it to perish in the flames without attempting a blow to save the scene of his pride and ... army even less of a feudal character . However , no standing army of any kind seems to have ex- isted before the time ...
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... army . He called a general meet- ing , ordering them to bring their charters and certificates of privi lege with them ; having laid hands on these , and taken advice , to divide the responsibility , of the patriarch , the more bishops ...
... army . He called a general meet- ing , ordering them to bring their charters and certificates of privi lege with them ; having laid hands on these , and taken advice , to divide the responsibility , of the patriarch , the more bishops ...
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... army , marched to the Kremlin twenty thousand strong , ordering the mur- derers of Ivan to be put into their hands . Peter , his mother , his brother , and the ministers , showed themselves at the vestibule , and Ivan himself came to ...
... army , marched to the Kremlin twenty thousand strong , ordering the mur- derers of Ivan to be put into their hands . Peter , his mother , his brother , and the ministers , showed themselves at the vestibule , and Ivan himself came to ...
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... army . In his latter days , so little awe did the German emperor inspire in Peter , that he had the audacity to assume the august title of Emperor or Kaiser himself officially , having been before called so sometimes , as a com- pliment ...
... army . In his latter days , so little awe did the German emperor inspire in Peter , that he had the audacity to assume the august title of Emperor or Kaiser himself officially , having been before called so sometimes , as a com- pliment ...
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