The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... gained a signal victory at Saragossa ; Philip was a second * The Spanish crown diamonds ( an incredible number ) were , on this occasion , sent to Paris , and were seized by Louis in payment for the aid granted by him . time put to ...
... gained a signal victory at Saragossa ; Philip was a second * The Spanish crown diamonds ( an incredible number ) were , on this occasion , sent to Paris , and were seized by Louis in payment for the aid granted by him . time put to ...
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... gained , to be prosecuted on a charge of embezzlement . His friends shared his fall ; the Whigs lost office and were succeeded by a Tory government . Prince Eugene hastened to London , but his friend Marlbo- rough was already undergoing ...
... gained , to be prosecuted on a charge of embezzlement . His friends shared his fall ; the Whigs lost office and were succeeded by a Tory government . Prince Eugene hastened to London , but his friend Marlbo- rough was already undergoing ...
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... gained ground . Thomas Massner , a councillor of Coire , whose son had been carried off as an hostage by the French in the vicinity of Geneva , in retaliation , seized the person of the grand - prior of Vendome , who was then on his way ...
... gained ground . Thomas Massner , a councillor of Coire , whose son had been carried off as an hostage by the French in the vicinity of Geneva , in retaliation , seized the person of the grand - prior of Vendome , who was then on his way ...
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... gained by the abolition of the commercial society of Ostend , which dealt a fatal blow to Dutch trade , A. D. 1731. The grand pensionary of Hol- land , Slingelandt , Heinsius's powerful successor , displayed great activity in the ...
... gained by the abolition of the commercial society of Ostend , which dealt a fatal blow to Dutch trade , A. D. 1731. The grand pensionary of Hol- land , Slingelandt , Heinsius's powerful successor , displayed great activity in the ...
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... gained , but with immensely superior forces , " * Ferdinand , the last of the Kettler family , died , A. D. 1725. Anna , the widow of his predecessor , Frederick Williain , became enamoured of Maurice , for whose election she at first ...
... gained , but with immensely superior forces , " * Ferdinand , the last of the Kettler family , died , A. D. 1725. Anna , the widow of his predecessor , Frederick Williain , became enamoured of Maurice , for whose election she at first ...
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