The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... princess . Elisabeth was well received at Vienna , but , in Brunswick , the superintendent , Nitsch , said from the pulpit , " One princess have we sacrificed to Popery , a second to Paganism , ( a Russian prince , ) and , were the ...
... princess . Elisabeth was well received at Vienna , but , in Brunswick , the superintendent , Nitsch , said from the pulpit , " One princess have we sacrificed to Popery , a second to Paganism , ( a Russian prince , ) and , were the ...
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... Prince George of Darmstadt , who had for some time resided in Spain , would have been its well - chosen com- mander , had not his nomination been opposed by English jealousy . He it was who , acquainted with the negligent man- ner in ...
... Prince George of Darmstadt , who had for some time resided in Spain , would have been its well - chosen com- mander , had not his nomination been opposed by English jealousy . He it was who , acquainted with the negligent man- ner in ...
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... Prince Eugene once more took the field . Supported by Stahremberg and Charles Alexander of Wurtemberg , he defeated them [ A. D. 1716 ] in a bloody engagement near Peterwardein , where the grand visir fell , and a second time at ...
... Prince Eugene once more took the field . Supported by Stahremberg and Charles Alexander of Wurtemberg , he defeated them [ A. D. 1716 ] in a bloody engagement near Peterwardein , where the grand visir fell , and a second time at ...
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... princes , his guests , graphically depicture the luxury of this royal debauché . Mythological representa- tions were performed on an immense scale , festivals of Venus in the pleasure - gardens , festivals of Diana in the forests ...
... princes , his guests , graphically depicture the luxury of this royal debauché . Mythological representa- tions were performed on an immense scale , festivals of Venus in the pleasure - gardens , festivals of Diana in the forests ...
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... prince , Frederick , secretly turned Catholic . His father , however , frustrated the plans of the Jesuits by convoking the provincial Estates , demanding a guarantee from the Protestant princes , binding the hereditary prince by a will ...
... prince , Frederick , secretly turned Catholic . His father , however , frustrated the plans of the Jesuits by convoking the provincial Estates , demanding a guarantee from the Protestant princes , binding the hereditary prince by a will ...
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