The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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... king . There was no one in his councils to deny , no power in the state to chastise , the arrogant assumption ... kings . The monuments of their beneficence are few and far between . The energies and wealth of any state are easily ...
... king . There was no one in his councils to deny , no power in the state to chastise , the arrogant assumption ... kings . The monuments of their beneficence are few and far between . The energies and wealth of any state are easily ...
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... king . He was so far from under- standing the case , that he even expected that the Declaration . would excite fear and terror among the people , and be followed by a violent reaction in favor of his time - honored , but now insulted ...
... king . He was so far from under- standing the case , that he even expected that the Declaration . would excite fear and terror among the people , and be followed by a violent reaction in favor of his time - honored , but now insulted ...
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... king . Then said he , " I will go without . Hitherto I have done no more than wish success to your cause , I go now to serve it . The more it has fallen in public favor , the greater will be the benefit of my departure to sustain it . I ...
... king . Then said he , " I will go without . Hitherto I have done no more than wish success to your cause , I go now to serve it . The more it has fallen in public favor , the greater will be the benefit of my departure to sustain it . I ...
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... king , the American ministers , im- mediately after they had been for the first time presented at court , proceeded through the streets of Paris , attended by all their countrymen then in that capital , to the house of Lafayette , and ...
... king , the American ministers , im- mediately after they had been for the first time presented at court , proceeded through the streets of Paris , attended by all their countrymen then in that capital , to the house of Lafayette , and ...
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... king should be required , at once , to withdraw the army from Versailles . The declaration of the rights of the French people , adopted by the assembly , embodied the principles which Lafayette had car- ried with him from America . 66 ...
... king should be required , at once , to withdraw the army from Versailles . The declaration of the rights of the French people , adopted by the assembly , embodied the principles which Lafayette had car- ried with him from America . 66 ...
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