The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... taken by surprise , were repulsed on every side , and the king , Philip , a mere puppet of state , fled from Madrid . * Charles refused to enter Madrid on account of the want of a state - carriage , and , by his folly , delayed the ...
... taken by surprise , were repulsed on every side , and the king , Philip , a mere puppet of state , fled from Madrid . * Charles refused to enter Madrid on account of the want of a state - carriage , and , by his folly , delayed the ...
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... taken place , and , in the middle of the seventeenth century , had produced a great revo- lution , which cost Charles I. his head , a deed of blood which raised enmity and engendered suspicion between his descend- ants , the Stuarts ...
... taken place , and , in the middle of the seventeenth century , had produced a great revo- lution , which cost Charles I. his head , a deed of blood which raised enmity and engendered suspicion between his descend- ants , the Stuarts ...
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... taken a fancy , and by other acts of impoliteness ; she was , in consequence , dismissed , and had the barefaced impu- dence suddenly to draw the whole of the enormous sums she had placed in the Bank of England , in order to produce a ...
... taken a fancy , and by other acts of impoliteness ; she was , in consequence , dismissed , and had the barefaced impu- dence suddenly to draw the whole of the enormous sums she had placed in the Bank of England , in order to produce a ...
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... taken prisoner , and had become agent to the 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 ...
... taken prisoner , and had become agent to the 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 ...
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... taken by surprise . Secken- dorf [ A. D. 1737 ] took the important fortress of Nissa , but his further operations were so clumsily conducted and the army was in such a state of demoralization that all speedily went wrong . Money and ...
... taken by surprise . Secken- dorf [ A. D. 1737 ] took the important fortress of Nissa , but his further operations were so clumsily conducted and the army was in such a state of demoralization that all speedily went wrong . Money and ...
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