The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
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Page 14
... seemed as if it was not the Romans that spread upon the world , but it was the world that spread upon the Ro- mans . But mere numbers , independently of moral elements , do not constitute strength ; nor do population and resources ...
... seemed as if it was not the Romans that spread upon the world , but it was the world that spread upon the Ro- mans . But mere numbers , independently of moral elements , do not constitute strength ; nor do population and resources ...
Page 26
... seemed to forbid all hope of their adoption for a very long and indefinite period . The enthusiasm which these theories kindled , neverthe- less , was certainly not abated by the circumstance that , all classes adopted with them , the ...
... seemed to forbid all hope of their adoption for a very long and indefinite period . The enthusiasm which these theories kindled , neverthe- less , was certainly not abated by the circumstance that , all classes adopted with them , the ...
Page 41
... seemed necessary to satisfy the people , and attach them to the new government . Besides I saw that if I should decline the place it would furnish occasion for the calumny , that I wanted to be king myself . Thereupon I assumed the ...
... seemed necessary to satisfy the people , and attach them to the new government . Besides I saw that if I should decline the place it would furnish occasion for the calumny , that I wanted to be king myself . Thereupon I assumed the ...
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... seemed to him savage and rude . " Invited by a native prince who had been dethroned , he appeared in Ireland with a real or forged grant under the seal of Break- speare , an Englishman , who occupied the papal see at Rome , un- der the ...
... seemed to him savage and rude . " Invited by a native prince who had been dethroned , he appeared in Ireland with a real or forged grant under the seal of Break- speare , an Englishman , who occupied the papal see at Rome , un- der the ...
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... seemed to lead the way . ” This war , thus opened by America , is the same struggle in which Ireland has been engaged ever since , in which O'Connell labored with so much zeal , and force , and success , and which he has left unfinished ...
... seemed to lead the way . ” This war , thus opened by America , is the same struggle in which Ireland has been engaged ever since , in which O'Connell labored with so much zeal , and force , and success , and which he has left unfinished ...
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