Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Page 45
... causes of the decay of Spain resolve them- selves into one cause , bad government . The valour , the intelligence , the energy which , at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century , had made the Spaniards the ...
... causes of the decay of Spain resolve them- selves into one cause , bad government . The valour , the intelligence , the energy which , at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century , had made the Spaniards the ...
Page 56
... cause of many calamities to Europe . As he affixed his name to the instrument , he burst into tears . " God , " he said , " gives kingdoms and takes them away . I am already one of the dead . " The will was kept secret during the short ...
... cause of many calamities to Europe . As he affixed his name to the instrument , he burst into tears . " God , " he said , " gives kingdoms and takes them away . I am already one of the dead . " The will was kept secret during the short ...
Page 61
... the noble science of government , of the sources of national prosperity , of the causes of national decay , he knew no more than his master . It is curious to observe the contrast between the dex- terity THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 61.
... the noble science of government , of the sources of national prosperity , of the causes of national decay , he knew no more than his master . It is curious to observe the contrast between the dex- terity THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 61.
Page 66
... cause of his brother ; yet he was never suspected of treachery , or even of slackness . Early in 1704 an army , composed of English , Dutch , and Portuguese , was assembled on the western frontier of Spain . The Archduke Charles had ...
... cause of his brother ; yet he was never suspected of treachery , or even of slackness . Early in 1704 an army , composed of English , Dutch , and Portuguese , was assembled on the western frontier of Spain . The Archduke Charles had ...
Page 73
... cause . The open country now declared in favour of Charles . Tarragona , Tortosa , Gerona , Lerida , San Mateo , threw open their gates . The Spanish government sent the Count of Las Torres with seven thousand men to reduce San Mateo ...
... cause . The open country now declared in favour of Charles . Tarragona , Tortosa , Gerona , Lerida , San Mateo , threw open their gates . The Spanish government sent the Count of Las Torres with seven thousand men to reduce San Mateo ...
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