The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... retreat to the archbishops of Cologne , Spires , and Augsburg . John Philip Francis , bishop of Würzburg , a scion of the noble house of Schönborn , held an extremely splendid court . His palace and the buildings pertaining to it were ...
... retreat to the archbishops of Cologne , Spires , and Augsburg . John Philip Francis , bishop of Würzburg , a scion of the noble house of Schönborn , held an extremely splendid court . His palace and the buildings pertaining to it were ...
Page 42
... retreat from Leipzig by the pious Franke , the founder of the celebrated Orphan Asylum at Halle . He was Thomasius's best friend , and not only shared his views on education , but sought to realize them by the in- troduction , for the ...
... retreat from Leipzig by the pious Franke , the founder of the celebrated Orphan Asylum at Halle . He was Thomasius's best friend , and not only shared his views on education , but sought to realize them by the in- troduction , for the ...
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... retreat to the severity of the winter . The Bavarians under Seckendorf and twenty thousand French under Broglio , who attempted to come to his relief , were defeated by Khevenhüller at Braunau . Fortune declared still more decidedly ...
... retreat to the severity of the winter . The Bavarians under Seckendorf and twenty thousand French under Broglio , who attempted to come to his relief , were defeated by Khevenhüller at Braunau . Fortune declared still more decidedly ...
Page 55
... retreat of Count Zinzendorf from the world , and , in 1722 , his offer of an asylum in the Herrnhut to persons equally piously disposed . He termed himself " the assembler of souls . " He was banished as a rebel by Brühl , but was ...
... retreat of Count Zinzendorf from the world , and , in 1722 , his offer of an asylum in the Herrnhut to persons equally piously disposed . He termed himself " the assembler of souls . " He was banished as a rebel by Brühl , but was ...
Page 63
... his troops and seized a convoy of three hundred waggons . The king was finally compelled to retreat , the Russians , under Fermor , crossing the Oder , murdering and burning on their route THE SEVEN YF ARS ' WAR . 63.
... his troops and seized a convoy of three hundred waggons . The king was finally compelled to retreat , the Russians , under Fermor , crossing the Oder , murdering and burning on their route THE SEVEN YF ARS ' WAR . 63.
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