_ _ _ _ _ this time he wrote one of his tender missives to Anne: [5 Letters; A _ _ _ T]

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Men as _ _ _ _ as women loved ornament, and their tombs abounded in jewelry. [4 Letters; W _ _ _]

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He pictured the peasant caught in a blizzard of blinding snow, sinking icy feet into deeper drifts as he struggles on, until he can lift his boots _ _ more, [2 Letters; N _]

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By 1797 the monarchists in the Councils were strong _ _ _ _ _ _ to elect to the Directory the Marquis de Barthélemy. [6 Letters; E _ _ _ _ H]

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One of the most venturesome explorations originated in the mind of Peter the Great, who, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before his death in 1725, commissioned Vitus Bering, a Danish captain in the Russian navy, [7 Letters; S _ _ _ _ _ Y]

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And Francis, _ _ _ _ more than Leo X, was resolved to enjoy his throne. [4 Letters; E _ _ _]

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In 1328 the regents for Edward III, involved in war with France, signed the Treaty of Northampton, making Scotland _ _ _ _ more free. [4 Letters; O _ _ _]

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Both Cesti and Corelli were musical missionaries, bringing Italian opera the one to Paris under Louis XIV, the other to Vienna under Leopold I. Operatically Europe _ _ _ _ _ of the Alps was an Italian colony. [5 Letters; N _ _ _ H]

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On his way _ _ _ _ he was almost killed in a private quarrel. [4 Letters; H _ _ _]

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Nobody can knock at the gate but presently I must be locked up; and here’s the young greyhound bitch can run loose about the house all day _ _ _ _ , she can." [4 Letters; L _ _ _]

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49 He surrounded himself with Dutch guards and associates, and did not hide his opinion that the Dutch were _ _ _ superior to the English in economic ability, political judgment, [3 Letters; F _ _]

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* The debate as to the truthfulness of the Confessions is _ _ _ _ _ warm on two continents. [5 Letters; S _ _ _ L]

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_ _ _ _ the King relented and spared her some casual affection, and for the remainder of the reign her position eased. [4 Letters; T _ _ _]

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When Voltaire came to Paris in 1778 Houdon made several statues of him: a bronze bust _ _ _ in the Louvre, showing exhaustion and weariness; [3 Letters; N _ _]

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"38 In April 1520, Hutten issued the first of two series of Gespräche, verse dialogues that played a role second _ _ _ _ to Luther’s works in voicing and stimulating the national desire for independence from Rome. [4 Letters; O _ _ _]

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From that time _ _ _ _ _ _ it was Livy’s book that would color for eighteen centuries men’s conception of Rome’s history and character. [6 Letters; O _ _ _ _ D]

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Whoever wishes to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and _ _ _ _ ready to display their vicious nature whenever they find occasion for it. [4 Letters; E _ _ _]

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In 1813, accompanied by his young assistant Michael Faraday, and armed with a safe-conduct issued by Napoleon while _ _ _ _ _ _ all Europe was at war, Davy traveled through France and Italy, [6 Letters; N _ _ _ _ Y]

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He himself left Dresden on May 18, hoping to achieve a more decisive victory against the Allies, who had regrouped at Bautzen, thirty miles _ _ _ _ of Dresden. [4 Letters; E _ _ _]

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