The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... ancient Norman feudal aristocracy , who , although upholding their aristocratic privileges , were devoted to the monarchy , of which they made use for the suppression of popular liberty ; and the Whigs , or Anglo - Saxon freemen , who ...
... ancient Norman feudal aristocracy , who , although upholding their aristocratic privileges , were devoted to the monarchy , of which they made use for the suppression of popular liberty ; and the Whigs , or Anglo - Saxon freemen , who ...
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... ancient dukes against the French . They had been shamefully abandoned by the empire , and , without any blame attaching to them , been made the victims of family policy . They deserved a better fate than that of sinking into the ...
... ancient dukes against the French . They had been shamefully abandoned by the empire , and , without any blame attaching to them , been made the victims of family policy . They deserved a better fate than that of sinking into the ...
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... Westphalia , a Westphalian nobleman having been king of Corsica . " The counts of Savoy boasted of their descent from the ancient Saxon line of Wittekind . in the West . Count Seckendorf , a Protestant , 12 CHARLES THE SIXTH .
... Westphalia , a Westphalian nobleman having been king of Corsica . " The counts of Savoy boasted of their descent from the ancient Saxon line of Wittekind . in the West . Count Seckendorf , a Protestant , 12 CHARLES THE SIXTH .
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... ancient constitution was to be done away with ; " The hydra head of the people shall be crushed , " wrote General Remchingen , one of the chief con- spirators , to Fichtel , the duke's privy - counsellor . But , during the night of the ...
... ancient constitution was to be done away with ; " The hydra head of the people shall be crushed , " wrote General Remchingen , one of the chief con- spirators , to Fichtel , the duke's privy - counsellor . But , during the night of the ...
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... ancient Estates or malcontents , fresh and obedient ones . Right was in this instance again unprotected by the emperor and the empire , by whom the ancient Estates were denounced as rebels . resisted , several bloody battles took place ...
... ancient Estates or malcontents , fresh and obedient ones . Right was in this instance again unprotected by the emperor and the empire , by whom the ancient Estates were denounced as rebels . resisted , several bloody battles took place ...
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