The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... liberty ; and the Whigs , or Anglo - Saxon freemen , who , enriched by trade , proud of their marshal deeds , obstinately defended their ancient rights , were ever on the watch for the legal acquisition of fresh ones , and were no less ...
... liberty ; and the Whigs , or Anglo - Saxon freemen , who , enriched by trade , proud of their marshal deeds , obstinately defended their ancient rights , were ever on the watch for the legal acquisition of fresh ones , and were no less ...
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... liberty of his father- land , consequently , the eternal loss of his honour and rights and his unresisting submission to foreign insolence , are at stake . " The imperial Estates remained unmoved and tardily contributed the miserable ...
... liberty of his father- land , consequently , the eternal loss of his honour and rights and his unresisting submission to foreign insolence , are at stake . " The imperial Estates remained unmoved and tardily contributed the miserable ...
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... liberty . During the unhappy struggle for liberty of conscience their character became deeply tragical and parallel in dignity to that of any other nation ennobled by misfortune , but , during the reign of Charles VI . , it took a ...
... liberty . During the unhappy struggle for liberty of conscience their character became deeply tragical and parallel in dignity to that of any other nation ennobled by misfortune , but , during the reign of Charles VI . , it took a ...
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... liberty of conscience still feebly glimmering in the mountains . The more wealthy inhabitants were , notwithstanding the religious test , exposed to suspicion and to the consequent confiscation of their property . Mis- sionaries ...
... liberty of conscience still feebly glimmering in the mountains . The more wealthy inhabitants were , notwithstanding the religious test , exposed to suspicion and to the consequent confiscation of their property . Mis- sionaries ...
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... liberty of conscience and then carried away by the soldiery and trans- ported to Transylvania . The twelve hundred first sent away were , in 1736 , followed by three hundred more . But when , in 1738 , a great number of Protestants were ...
... liberty of conscience and then carried away by the soldiery and trans- ported to Transylvania . The twelve hundred first sent away were , in 1736 , followed by three hundred more . But when , in 1738 , a great number of Protestants were ...
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