Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Band 22Samuel Stansbury and Company, 1803 |
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... prince , by a happy temperature of mildness and severity , induced wonderful and laudable changes in the manners of the people . The vulgar , however , are still excessively attached to ancient institutions ; and many chuse rather to ...
... prince , by a happy temperature of mildness and severity , induced wonderful and laudable changes in the manners of the people . The vulgar , however , are still excessively attached to ancient institutions ; and many chuse rather to ...
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... prince , and at other times on the senate and nobles , who con- stitute themselves arbiters in the matter , and confirm or abrogate the will of their deceased monarch . The senate , which is composed of the most respectable members of ...
... prince , and at other times on the senate and nobles , who con- stitute themselves arbiters in the matter , and confirm or abrogate the will of their deceased monarch . The senate , which is composed of the most respectable members of ...
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... prince , and enlarged his territories by the conquest of seve- ral towns and districts . He also undertook an expedition against Constantinople , which he be- sieged for some time , and at length compelled the emperor to purchase peace ...
... prince , and enlarged his territories by the conquest of seve- ral towns and districts . He also undertook an expedition against Constantinople , which he be- sieged for some time , and at length compelled the emperor to purchase peace ...
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... prince basely murdered him , and used his skull as a goblet , on which was inscribed the following sentence : " In seeking the property of others , thine own was lost . " Wolodimir I. inherited the valour of A. D. his father , and ...
... prince basely murdered him , and used his skull as a goblet , on which was inscribed the following sentence : " In seeking the property of others , thine own was lost . " Wolodimir I. inherited the valour of A. D. his father , and ...
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... prince also divided his dominions among his five sons , whom he named his successors . The hor- rors of civil war were soon renewed under princes equally ambitious , and able to injure each other . None of the parties was so weak as to ...
... prince also divided his dominions among his five sons , whom he named his successors . The hor- rors of civil war were soon renewed under princes equally ambitious , and able to injure each other . None of the parties was so weak as to ...
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