The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... 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 of the Anglo - Saxons had been forcibly suppressed by the Gallo ...
... 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 of the Anglo - Saxons had been forcibly suppressed by the Gallo ...
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... favour proved ineffectual . The people gave him an enthusiastic welcome , and such was the popular rage against the Tories , that [ A. D. 1712 ] one of his nephews was killed in a street - fight . The Earl of Ormond replaced Marlborough ...
... favour proved ineffectual . The people gave him an enthusiastic welcome , and such was the popular rage against the Tories , that [ A. D. 1712 ] one of his nephews was killed in a street - fight . The Earl of Ormond replaced Marlborough ...
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... favour in England . Prince Eugene merely regarded the peace as a necessary evil , to which he unwillingly yielded ... favoured the Whigs . Peace had , how- ever , been unalterably concluded with France . * The order of the golden fleece ...
... favour in England . Prince Eugene merely regarded the peace as a necessary evil , to which he unwillingly yielded ... favoured the Whigs . Peace had , how- ever , been unalterably concluded with France . * The order of the golden fleece ...
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... favour of a quadruple alliance with the emperor , England , and Holland , by which Spain was compelled to withdraw her troops from Sicily and Alberoni to resign . The Venetians were , at that conjuncture , commanded by Count von ...
... favour of a quadruple alliance with the emperor , England , and Holland , by which Spain was compelled to withdraw her troops from Sicily and Alberoni to resign . The Venetians were , at that conjuncture , commanded by Count von ...
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... favour the youthful Augustus , the emperor , true to his plighted word , exerted his utmost influ- ence in his behalf . The empress Anne , the widow of the duke of Courland , the last but one of the house of Kettler , and niece to Peter ...
... favour the youthful Augustus , the emperor , true to his plighted word , exerted his utmost influ- ence in his behalf . The empress Anne , the widow of the duke of Courland , the last but one of the house of Kettler , and niece to Peter ...
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