Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 145
... Prussia visited England , Hastings appeared in their train both at Oxford and in the Guildhall of London , and , though surrounded by a crowd of princes and great warriors , was everywhere received with marks of respect and admiration ...
... Prussia visited England , Hastings appeared in their train both at Oxford and in the Guildhall of London , and , though surrounded by a crowd of princes and great warriors , was everywhere received with marks of respect and admiration ...
Page 145
... Prussia visited England , Hastings appeared in their train both at Oxford and in the Guildhall of London , and , though surrounded by a crowd of princes and great warriors , was everywhere received with marks of respect and admiration ...
... Prussia visited England , Hastings appeared in their train both at Oxford and in the Guildhall of London , and , though surrounded by a crowd of princes and great warriors , was everywhere received with marks of respect and admiration ...
Page 148
... Prussian monarchy , the youngest of the great European states , but in population and revenue the fifth among them , and in art , science , and civilisation entitled to the third , if not to the second place , sprang Frederic the Great ...
... Prussian monarchy , the youngest of the great European states , but in population and revenue the fifth among them , and in art , science , and civilisation entitled to the third , if not to the second place , sprang Frederic the Great ...
Page 149
... Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Electors of Saxony and Bavaria . The soil of Brandenburg was for the most part sterile . Even round Berlin , the capi- tal ...
... Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Electors of Saxony and Bavaria . The soil of Brandenburg was for the most part sterile . Even round Berlin , the capi- tal ...
Page 150
... Prussia a place among the Eu- ropean powers , altogether out of proportion to her extent and population , by means of a strong military organiza- tion . Strict economy enabled him to keep up a peace establishment of sixty thousand ...
... Prussia a place among the Eu- ropean powers , altogether out of proportion to her extent and population , by means of a strong military organiza- tion . Strict economy enabled him to keep up a peace establishment of sixty thousand ...
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