The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... hand , retained all the Spanish possessions in Italy , Naples , Milan , Sardinia , besides the Netherlands and the fortresses of Kehl , Freiburg , and Breisach , and the territory hitherto possessed by the French on the right bank of ...
... hand , retained all the Spanish possessions in Italy , Naples , Milan , Sardinia , besides the Netherlands and the fortresses of Kehl , Freiburg , and Breisach , and the territory hitherto possessed by the French on the right bank of ...
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... hand he had bestowed upon Francis , the youthful 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 ...
... hand he had bestowed upon Francis , the youthful 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 ...
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... hand . The French , their licence , and their manners were so hateful to him , that , in order to render them equally unpopular with the people of Berlin , he ordered the provosts and gaolers to be dressed in the last French fashion ...
... hand . The French , their licence , and their manners were so hateful to him , that , in order to render them equally unpopular with the people of Berlin , he ordered the provosts and gaolers to be dressed in the last French fashion ...
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... hand on the loungers at the street corners in Berlin . Manly and courageous , he had a horror of effeminacy and cowardice , and , on one occasion , gave a Jew a good thrashing for dreading the whip . He bore an almost implacable hatred ...
... hand on the loungers at the street corners in Berlin . Manly and courageous , he had a horror of effeminacy and cowardice , and , on one occasion , gave a Jew a good thrashing for dreading the whip . He bore an almost implacable hatred ...
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... hand , the brutal invec- tives of his father , long - winded discourses from the pulpit , which , in the bombastic and insipid style of the day , prohibited the most innocent enjoyments ; and , on the other hand , read the most ...
... hand , the brutal invec- tives of his father , long - winded discourses from the pulpit , which , in the bombastic and insipid style of the day , prohibited the most innocent enjoyments ; and , on the other hand , read the most ...
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