Life of Victor Emmanuel II, First King of Italy, Volume 2Macmillan, 1879 |
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... soldiers , rose in arms as soon as these were withdrawn . They proffered me at once the dictatorship and their assistance in the war . I who had done nothing to raise the insurrection , refused the dictatorship from respect for the Holy ...
... soldiers , rose in arms as soon as these were withdrawn . They proffered me at once the dictatorship and their assistance in the war . I who had done nothing to raise the insurrection , refused the dictatorship from respect for the Holy ...
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... soldiers , and subjects , old and new , were all thrown out of the Catho- lic Church without further ceremony , as abandoned and incorrigible sinners . This was Pio's answer as Pope to the king's appeal for a reconciliation ; but even ...
... soldiers , and subjects , old and new , were all thrown out of the Catho- lic Church without further ceremony , as abandoned and incorrigible sinners . This was Pio's answer as Pope to the king's appeal for a reconciliation ; but even ...
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... soldiers , to the self - abnegation of the volunteers , to the persever- ing harmony of all the peoples ; and let us render to God the merit of it all , for , without superhuman aid , such enterprises , memorable in present and future ...
... soldiers , to the self - abnegation of the volunteers , to the persever- ing harmony of all the peoples ; and let us render to God the merit of it all , for , without superhuman aid , such enterprises , memorable in present and future ...
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... soldier , ' he used to say , modestly ; but he knew how to appreciate talent of every sort . We have seen what Gioberti and Manzoni thought of him ; and on his arrival in the Tuscan capital , Gino Capponi was amongst the first to ...
... soldier , ' he used to say , modestly ; but he knew how to appreciate talent of every sort . We have seen what Gioberti and Manzoni thought of him ; and on his arrival in the Tuscan capital , Gino Capponi was amongst the first to ...
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... soldier of the war of Italian independence , the elect of the people , the desire , the joy of all Italy . And if it be permitted to me , O sire , I come to express the joy of my soul , to tell you that when I wrote , more than thirty ...
... soldier of the war of Italian independence , the elect of the people , the desire , the joy of all Italy . And if it be permitted to me , O sire , I come to express the joy of my soul , to tell you that when I wrote , more than thirty ...
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