The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... Duke of Burgundy . To which is added , The Scandalous Chronicle , or Secret V. History of Louis XI . Portraits . In 2 vols . Memoirs of the Duke of Sully , Prime Minister to Henry the Great . Portraits . In 4 vols . Bohn's School and ...
... Duke of Burgundy . To which is added , The Scandalous Chronicle , or Secret V. History of Louis XI . Portraits . In 2 vols . Memoirs of the Duke of Sully , Prime Minister to Henry the Great . Portraits . In 4 vols . Bohn's School and ...
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... duke of Lorraine , an object he hoped to attain by means of the Pragmatic Sanction , a guarantee pur- chased from all the great European powers . Blinded by paternal affection , he imagined that the sovereigns of Europe would consider a ...
... duke of Lorraine , an object he hoped to attain by means of the Pragmatic Sanction , a guarantee pur- chased from all the great European powers . Blinded by paternal affection , he imagined that the sovereigns of Europe would consider a ...
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... duke of Courland , * and bestowing the ducal mantle on her paramour , Biron , or , more properly , Büren , the grandson of an ostler . Stanislaus fled to Dantzig , where he was protected by the faithful citizens , but the city being ...
... duke of Courland , * and bestowing the ducal mantle on her paramour , Biron , or , more properly , Büren , the grandson of an ostler . Stanislaus fled to Dantzig , where he was protected by the faithful citizens , but the city being ...
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... duke of Weimar , A. D. 1736 , for- bade his subjects " to reason under pain of correction . " Fre- derick , duke of Gotha , gave the first example of the shame- ful traffic in men , afterwards so often imitated , by selling [ A. D. 1733 ] ...
... duke of Weimar , A. D. 1736 , for- bade his subjects " to reason under pain of correction . " Fre- derick , duke of Gotha , gave the first example of the shame- ful traffic in men , afterwards so often imitated , by selling [ A. D. 1733 ] ...
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... duke of Pfalz - Zweibrücken , had , [ A. D. 1696 , ] during a visit to Rome , turned Catholic , in order to obtain a divorce from his wife and permission to wed a daughter of one of his servants , named Hoffman . Hesse gained the county ...
... duke of Pfalz - Zweibrücken , had , [ A. D. 1696 , ] during a visit to Rome , turned Catholic , in order to obtain a divorce from his wife and permission to wed a daughter of one of his servants , named Hoffman . Hesse gained the county ...
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