The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... head , as formerly on that of Charles V. , being viewed with jealousy by the English , the Dutch , and the empire . Charles had , like his brother , been surrounded from his birth with the stiff ceremonial of the old Spanish court and ...
... head , as formerly on that of Charles V. , being viewed with jealousy by the English , the Dutch , and the empire . Charles had , like his brother , been surrounded from his birth with the stiff ceremonial of the old Spanish court and ...
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... head , and the hope of placing that of Spain , independent of the German hereditary provinces , on the head of a younger branch of that family , was , consequently , frustrated . This circumstance en- tirely changed the aspect of ...
... head , and the hope of placing that of Spain , independent of the German hereditary provinces , on the head of a younger branch of that family , was , consequently , frustrated . This circumstance en- tirely changed the aspect of ...
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... head and looks down with lamentable condescen- sion on the Bavarian lion , who regards him with insolent contempt . Among the engravings , with which this work abounds , there is one in which the genius of the Society of Jesus is ...
... head and looks down with lamentable condescen- sion on the Bavarian lion , who regards him with insolent contempt . Among the engravings , with which this work abounds , there is one in which the genius of the Society of Jesus is ...
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... head of forty thousand men , to Poland , for the purpose of securing the election of Augustus , that tool of Russian diplomacy . Her deep interest in this affair and her contempt of Saxony are clearly proved by the fact of her having ...
... head of forty thousand men , to Poland , for the purpose of securing the election of Augustus , that tool of Russian diplomacy . Her deep interest in this affair and her contempt of Saxony are clearly proved by the fact of her having ...
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... dey of Algiers , by whom he was de- * Brother to Max . Emanuel , who was taken prisoner at Pultowa , the son of Frederick Charles , Eberhard Louis's uncle and guardian . spatched at the head of a body of troops to CHARLES THE SIXTH . 11.
... dey of Algiers , by whom he was de- * Brother to Max . Emanuel , who was taken prisoner at Pultowa , the son of Frederick Charles , Eberhard Louis's uncle and guardian . spatched at the head of a body of troops to CHARLES THE SIXTH . 11.
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