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self - satisfaction and self - control , the more extravagant became its devices of self - excuse ; till , as with most mental sufferers , nothing remained for him but the preposterous idea that the whole world was leagued to torment ...
self - satisfaction and self - control , the more extravagant became its devices of self - excuse ; till , as with most mental sufferers , nothing remained for him but the preposterous idea that the whole world was leagued to torment ...
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indignant subjects : the emperor remained a willing prisoner . He even seems to have subdued his mind to his fortunes . He won the hearts of the Spaniards by his dignified familiarity . He seemed to revive to the power of enjoyment .
indignant subjects : the emperor remained a willing prisoner . He even seems to have subdued his mind to his fortunes . He won the hearts of the Spaniards by his dignified familiarity . He seemed to revive to the power of enjoyment .
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One citizen got up to the guillotine itself , and plunging his whole arm into the blood of Capet , of which a great quantity remained , he took up handfuls of the clotted gore , and sprinkled it over the crowd below which pressed round ...
One citizen got up to the guillotine itself , and plunging his whole arm into the blood of Capet , of which a great quantity remained , he took up handfuls of the clotted gore , and sprinkled it over the crowd below which pressed round ...
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A Description of the Canals and Railroads of | 5 |
IntimeMouvement LittérairePortraits 17891836 | 375 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 73 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1843 |
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