Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal: Three Distinguished Political Adventurers of the Last Century. Exhibiting a View of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal During a Considerable Portion of that Period |
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... , no affronts or in- dignities repulsed him ; nothing so mean to which he would not stoop ; no experiment so unpromi- sing , which he was not prepared to try . B He first engaged the notice of a parish - priest THE ...
... , no affronts or in- dignities repulsed him ; nothing so mean to which he would not stoop ; no experiment so unpromi- sing , which he was not prepared to try . B He first engaged the notice of a parish - priest THE ...
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... be- come Priests , Bishops are not willing to ordain those who are likely to become a burthen to the church . This likelihood strongly attached to Alberoni . However , he found means to overcome the 2 LIFE OF CARDINAL ALBERONI .
... be- come Priests , Bishops are not willing to ordain those who are likely to become a burthen to the church . This likelihood strongly attached to Alberoni . However , he found means to overcome the 2 LIFE OF CARDINAL ALBERONI .
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... means to overcome the objection ; and a priest he was ordained . Being now an ecclesiastic in due form , he went to ... means of enter- taining his patron . Barni discovering , I suppose , his household affairs not B 2 LIFE OF CARDINAL ...
... means to overcome the objection ; and a priest he was ordained . Being now an ecclesiastic in due form , he went to ... means of enter- taining his patron . Barni discovering , I suppose , his household affairs not B 2 LIFE OF CARDINAL ...
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... found them since , for the most part , confirmed by the Spanish author , whom I mention in my preface . The singularities of this man were the means appointed to LIFE OF CARDINAL ALBERONI . Barni discovering, I suppose, his household ...
... found them since , for the most part , confirmed by the Spanish author , whom I mention in my preface . The singularities of this man were the means appointed to LIFE OF CARDINAL ALBERONI . Barni discovering, I suppose, his household ...
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... means appointed to raise Alberoni . Vendome affected , in his manners and deport- ment , a cynical contempt for the forms and decen- cies of life . His person exhibited a disgusting filthiness . His equals he treated with brutality . He ...
... means appointed to raise Alberoni . Vendome affected , in his manners and deport- ment , a cynical contempt for the forms and decen- cies of life . His person exhibited a disgusting filthiness . His equals he treated with brutality . He ...
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