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... moreover , at least one half of those short sittings was devoted to the examination of works presented to the Legislative Body by the writers of the day , with the evident intention of filling up their leisure hours . Were no other ...
... moreover , at least one half of those short sittings was devoted to the examination of works presented to the Legislative Body by the writers of the day , with the evident intention of filling up their leisure hours . Were no other ...
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... moreover , served to endow different public establishments , to erect monuments , and , above all , to supply the deficit annually created in the budget by war . To meet all these expenses , there was real estate of which the revenue ...
... moreover , served to endow different public establishments , to erect monuments , and , above all , to supply the deficit annually created in the budget by war . To meet all these expenses , there was real estate of which the revenue ...
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... moreover discontented with the use which Fouché often made of his discretionary powers . Fouché was indulgent , partly by nature and partly by premeditation and calculation . Many a time , during the constantly recurring absences of the ...
... moreover discontented with the use which Fouché often made of his discretionary powers . Fouché was indulgent , partly by nature and partly by premeditation and calculation . Many a time , during the constantly recurring absences of the ...
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... Moreover , an article of the same decree stipulated that even after the censorship had given its satisfecit , the Minister of Police still had the right to seize the work . The decree , in addition , established a Director - Generalship ...
... Moreover , an article of the same decree stipulated that even after the censorship had given its satisfecit , the Minister of Police still had the right to seize the work . The decree , in addition , established a Director - Generalship ...
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... Moreover , he thereby compassed another object which he must have equally cherished , namely , that of making half the men of letters live at the expense of the other half , of setting them one against the other , of rendering all union ...
... Moreover , he thereby compassed another object which he must have equally cherished , namely , that of making half the men of letters live at the expense of the other half , of setting them one against the other , of rendering all union ...
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