Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... Austria exacted large sacrifices in return for her recognition , and at last gave it ungraciously . Frederic was succeeded by his son , Frederic William , a prince who must be allowed to have possessed some talents for administration ...
... Austria exacted large sacrifices in return for her recognition , and at last gave it ungraciously . Frederic was succeeded by his son , Frederic William , a prince who must be allowed to have possessed some talents for administration ...
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... Austria . Charles left no son , and had , long before his death , relinquished all hopes of male issue . During the ... Austrian cabinet had , during twenty years , been directed to one single end , the settlement of the succession ...
... Austria . Charles left no son , and had , long before his death , relinquished all hopes of male issue . During the ... Austrian cabinet had , during twenty years , been directed to one single end , the settlement of the succession ...
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... after prince of the house of Brandenburg had acquiesced in the existing arrangement . Nay , the Court of Berlin had recently been allied with that of Vienna , and had guaranteed the integrity of the Austrian states . Is it.
... after prince of the house of Brandenburg had acquiesced in the existing arrangement . Nay , the Court of Berlin had recently been allied with that of Vienna , and had guaranteed the integrity of the Austrian states . Is it.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. guaranteed the integrity of the Austrian states . Is it not perfectly clear ... Austria . It may be doubted whether his life had not been preserved by the intercession of the prince whose daughter ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. guaranteed the integrity of the Austrian states . Is it not perfectly clear ... Austria . It may be doubted whether his life had not been preserved by the intercession of the prince whose daughter ...
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... Austrian envoy at Berlin apprised his court of these facts , and expressed a suspicion of Frederic's designs ; but the ministers of Maria Theresa refused to give credit to so black an imputation on a young prince who was known chiefly ...
... Austrian envoy at Berlin apprised his court of these facts , and expressed a suspicion of Frederic's designs ; but the ministers of Maria Theresa refused to give credit to so black an imputation on a young prince who was known chiefly ...
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