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By John Webb Probyn . New Edition . London : 1891 . 2 . The Union of Itaiy ,
1815 - 1895 . By W . J . Stillman . Cambridge : 1898 . 3 A History of Italian Unity :
being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 . By Bolton King , M . A . 2 vols .
By John Webb Probyn . New Edition . London : 1891 . 2 . The Union of Itaiy ,
1815 - 1895 . By W . J . Stillman . Cambridge : 1898 . 3 A History of Italian Unity :
being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 . By Bolton King , M . A . 2 vols .
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While the king and parliament were striving for mastery in the field , he was
deciding their destinies in the closet . His “ Almanacks ” were spelled over in the
tavern and quoted in the senate , they nerved the arm of the soldier and rounded
the ...
While the king and parliament were striving for mastery in the field , he was
deciding their destinies in the closet . His “ Almanacks ” were spelled over in the
tavern and quoted in the senate , they nerved the arm of the soldier and rounded
the ...
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He receives , none the less , twenty gold pieces from Madam Whorewood on the
White King ' s behalf , which fee was followed by the donation of a pension of 501
. from the Council of State , ' for very great considera* tions , while the ...
He receives , none the less , twenty gold pieces from Madam Whorewood on the
White King ' s behalf , which fee was followed by the donation of a pension of 501
. from the Council of State , ' for very great considera* tions , while the ...
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The king ' s shameless conpivance in her divorce , her marriage with Carr ,
Overbury ' s rash protest against it and consequent quarrel with both husband
and wife — then created Duke and Duchess of Somerset - form a series of the
most ...
The king ' s shameless conpivance in her divorce , her marriage with Carr ,
Overbury ' s rash protest against it and consequent quarrel with both husband
and wife — then created Duke and Duchess of Somerset - form a series of the
most ...
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That there was a little picture of a young man ' in white wax left with Forman the
conjurer , ' Bacon allowed , in his letter of account and advice to the king , ! was
nothing to Somerset , and a loose conjecture . ' s But the lords and ladies who
paid ...
That there was a little picture of a young man ' in white wax left with Forman the
conjurer , ' Bacon allowed , in his letter of account and advice to the king , ! was
nothing to Somerset , and a loose conjecture . ' s But the lords and ladies who
paid ...
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