The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... France and Spain under two and unexpectedly declared in Philip's favour . Torrents of blood were again fruitlessly shed , and France , aided by all the other European powers , once more grasped her prey . In England , the popular rights ...
... France and Spain under two and unexpectedly declared in Philip's favour . Torrents of blood were again fruitlessly shed , and France , aided by all the other European powers , once more grasped her prey . In England , the popular rights ...
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... France , the stipulations of which were , the possession of Gibraltar , the key to the Mediterranean , of Mi- norca and St. Christopher , the demolition of the fortress of Dunkirk , ever an eye - sore to the English , and free trade ...
... France , the stipulations of which were , the possession of Gibraltar , the key to the Mediterranean , of Mi- norca and St. Christopher , the demolition of the fortress of Dunkirk , ever an eye - sore to the English , and free trade ...
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... France was indemnified by the cession of Landau . The island of Sar- dinia was , in the ensuing year , given by Austria in exchange for Sicily to the duke of Savoy , who took the title of King of Sardinia . The emperor , as sovereign of ...
... France was indemnified by the cession of Landau . The island of Sar- dinia was , in the ensuing year , given by Austria in exchange for Sicily to the duke of Savoy , who took the title of King of Sardinia . The emperor , as sovereign of ...
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... France is a mute war . France will seize the first opportunity to rend a fresh piece from the empire . When the Netherlands shall have been re- duced to submission , the Rhine will be made the frontier and the foundation of a fresh ...
... France is a mute war . France will seize the first opportunity to rend a fresh piece from the empire . When the Netherlands shall have been re- duced to submission , the Rhine will be made the frontier and the foundation of a fresh ...
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... France , and Spain ( afterwards Saxon - Poland also ) had confederated [ A. D. 1729 ] at Seville against the Pragmatic Sanction . Frederick William I. , who succeeded Frederick I. on the throne of Prussia , actu- ated by a feeling of ...
... France , and Spain ( afterwards Saxon - Poland also ) had confederated [ A. D. 1729 ] at Seville against the Pragmatic Sanction . Frederick William I. , who succeeded Frederick I. on the throne of Prussia , actu- ated by a feeling of ...
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