The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... celebrated green vaults , were , like his fêtes , utterly devoid of taste . There were to be seen immense heaps of precious stones , gold and silver , a room full of pearls , columns of ostriches ' eggs , curious works of art , clocks ...
... celebrated green vaults , were , like his fêtes , utterly devoid of taste . There were to be seen immense heaps of precious stones , gold and silver , a room full of pearls , columns of ostriches ' eggs , curious works of art , clocks ...
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... celebrated French deer - parks , kept a hundred and sixty garden nymphs , who bore him a countless number of children . The scandal caused by this conduct induced him , in 1722 , to dis- miss all except sixty or seventy of the most ...
... celebrated French deer - parks , kept a hundred and sixty garden nymphs , who bore him a countless number of children . The scandal caused by this conduct induced him , in 1722 , to dis- miss all except sixty or seventy of the most ...
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... celebrated Wolfenbüttel library , * turned Catholic when nearly eighty , in order to testify his delight at the marriage of his grand- daughter with the emperor , Charles VI . His son , Augustus William , imitated his luxury , and ...
... celebrated Wolfenbüttel library , * turned Catholic when nearly eighty , in order to testify his delight at the marriage of his grand- daughter with the emperor , Charles VI . His son , Augustus William , imitated his luxury , and ...
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... celebrated minister , Bernstorf , commenced a beneficial reform in the administration under his son , Frede- rick V. Holstein had severely suffered during the war and under the licentious government of Count Görtz , after whose execu ...
... celebrated minister , Bernstorf , commenced a beneficial reform in the administration under his son , Frede- rick V. Holstein had severely suffered during the war and under the licentious government of Count Görtz , after whose execu ...
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... celebrated princess , Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia , sister to Frederick the Great , whose Memoirs so graphically depicture the times . She has un- hesitatingly and unsparingly described both her father's and husband's court ...
... celebrated princess , Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia , sister to Frederick the Great , whose Memoirs so graphically depicture the times . She has un- hesitatingly and unsparingly described both her father's and husband's court ...
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