The Scot Abroad, Volume 1Blackwood, 1864 - 384 páginas |
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... of national character , is so fruitful in romantic personal incident , and held so powerful an influence on the des- tinies of Europe , that an account of it could not A fail of interest in the hands of any one content.
... of national character , is so fruitful in romantic personal incident , and held so powerful an influence on the des- tinies of Europe , that an account of it could not A fail of interest in the hands of any one content.
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John Hill Burton. fail of interest in the hands of any one content merely to tell the facts and briefly explain the political conditions out of which they arose . Its own proper interest is so deep and true as to gain rather than lose ...
John Hill Burton. fail of interest in the hands of any one content merely to tell the facts and briefly explain the political conditions out of which they arose . Its own proper interest is so deep and true as to gain rather than lose ...
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... hand , of the later and richer type of feudal architecture the pointed Gothic buildings with outworks , peculiar to the reigns of the Edwards - there are many fine specimens . The same phenomena may be seen in Ireland and Wales . Over ...
... hand , of the later and richer type of feudal architecture the pointed Gothic buildings with outworks , peculiar to the reigns of the Edwards - there are many fine specimens . The same phenomena may be seen in Ireland and Wales . Over ...
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... hand , when Scotland was sorely tempted by the Emperor Maximilian , and by other potentates from time to time , to desert her ally France , she refused . It endeared the alliance to both nations to sanctify it with the mellowness of ...
... hand , when Scotland was sorely tempted by the Emperor Maximilian , and by other potentates from time to time , to desert her ally France , she refused . It endeared the alliance to both nations to sanctify it with the mellowness of ...
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... hands of the King ; but instead of being united to the crown so as to make a com- pact and symmetrical empire , they were given to the princes of the blood and their descendants . Hence arose a class of nobles or territorial aris ...
... hands of the King ; but instead of being united to the crown so as to make a com- pact and symmetrical empire , they were given to the princes of the blood and their descendants . Hence arose a class of nobles or territorial aris ...
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