Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Page 48
... treaty by which it was stipulated that the Electoral Prince of Bavaria should succeed to Spain , the Indies , and the Netherlands . The Imperial family were to be bought off with the Milanese ; and the Dauphin was to have the Two ...
... treaty by which it was stipulated that the Electoral Prince of Bavaria should succeed to Spain , the Indies , and the Netherlands . The Imperial family were to be bought off with the Milanese ; and the Dauphin was to have the Two ...
Page 49
... Treaty of Partition was concluded between France , England , and Holland . It was agreed that Spain , the Indies , and the Netherlands , should de- scend to the Archduke Charles . In return for this great concession made by the Bourbons ...
... Treaty of Partition was concluded between France , England , and Holland . It was agreed that Spain , the Indies , and the Netherlands , should de- scend to the Archduke Charles . In return for this great concession made by the Bourbons ...
Page 50
... Treaty were not so far beyond their age and ours in wisdom and virtue as to trouble themselves much about the happiness of the people whom they were apportioning among foreign rulers . But it will be diffi- cult to prove that the ...
... Treaty were not so far beyond their age and ours in wisdom and virtue as to trouble themselves much about the happiness of the people whom they were apportioning among foreign rulers . But it will be diffi- cult to prove that the ...
Page 51
... Treaty was intended to guard was precisely the same danger which afterwards was made the ground of war . It will be difficult to prove that a danger which was sufficient to justify the war was insufficient to justify the provisions of ...
... Treaty was intended to guard was precisely the same danger which afterwards was made the ground of war . It will be difficult to prove that a danger which was sufficient to justify the war was insufficient to justify the provisions of ...
Page 52
... Treaty , succeeded in turning the whole wrath of Charles and of the Spanish people from himself , and in directing it against the two maritime powers . Those powers had now no agent at Madrid . Their perfidious ally was at liberty to ...
... Treaty , succeeded in turning the whole wrath of Charles and of the Spanish people from himself , and in directing it against the two maritime powers . Those powers had now no agent at Madrid . Their perfidious ally was at liberty to ...
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