Life of Victor Emmanuel II, First King of Italy, Volume 2Macmillan, 1879 |
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... asked with extraordinary sponta- neousness and unanimity to be annexed to my king- dom . Their desire was not acceded to . Nevertheless these people , who had formerly given such signs of discontent and caused continual apprehension to ...
... asked with extraordinary sponta- neousness and unanimity to be annexed to my king- dom . Their desire was not acceded to . Nevertheless these people , who had formerly given such signs of discontent and caused continual apprehension to ...
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... asking your majesty's opinion of universal suffrage , and also from giving mine ) . I might tell you that the Pontifical troops were impeded from re - establishing the legi- timate government in the insurgent provinces , for reasons ...
... asking your majesty's opinion of universal suffrage , and also from giving mine ) . I might tell you that the Pontifical troops were impeded from re - establishing the legi- timate government in the insurgent provinces , for reasons ...
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... asked , not to diminish the patrimony of St. Peter , already diminished without his consent , more sacred than the pledge given to the national leaders and the Roman people ? Undoubtedly the Pope considered it so , and thought moreover ...
... asked , not to diminish the patrimony of St. Peter , already diminished without his consent , more sacred than the pledge given to the national leaders and the Roman people ? Undoubtedly the Pope considered it so , and thought moreover ...
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... asked the count , who maintained that the Pope would be more free and have more authority under Italian than French pro- tection . Victor Emmanuel's efforts to win upon the native gentleness of Pius IX . , and rekindle in him a little ...
... asked the count , who maintained that the Pope would be more free and have more authority under Italian than French pro- tection . Victor Emmanuel's efforts to win upon the native gentleness of Pius IX . , and rekindle in him a little ...
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... asked a distinguished foreigner of a lad who was clapping his hands and cheering vociferously at the sight of his new sovereign . ' We are Eleven Million Italians ! ' was the reply . Mamiani , who accompanied the king on his tour , thus ...
... asked a distinguished foreigner of a lad who was clapping his hands and cheering vociferously at the sight of his new sovereign . ' We are Eleven Million Italians ! ' was the reply . Mamiani , who accompanied the king on his tour , thus ...
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