Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... in the most solemn form had been obtained . The new law had been ratified by the Estates of all the kingdoms and princi- palities which made up the great Austrian monarchy . England , France , Spain , Russia , Poland ,
... in the most solemn form had been obtained . The new law had been ratified by the Estates of all the kingdoms and princi- palities which made up the great Austrian monarchy . England , France , Spain , Russia , Poland ,
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. England , France , Spain , Russia , Poland , Prussia , Sweden , Denmark , the Germanic body , had bound themselves by treaty to maintain the Pragmatic Sanction . That instrument was placed under ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. England , France , Spain , Russia , Poland , Prussia , Sweden , Denmark , the Germanic body , had bound themselves by treaty to maintain the Pragmatic Sanction . That instrument was placed under ...
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... England , Russia , Poland , and Holland , declared in form their intention to adhere to their engagements . The French ministers made a verbal declaration to the same effect . But from no quarter did the young Queen of Hungary receive ...
... England , Russia , Poland , and Holland , declared in form their intention to adhere to their engagements . The French ministers made a verbal declaration to the same effect . But from no quarter did the young Queen of Hungary receive ...
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... England was true to her en- gagements . The voice of Fleury had always been for peace . He had a conscience . He was now in extreme old age , and was unwilling , after a life which , when his situation was considered , must be ...
... England was true to her en- gagements . The voice of Fleury had always been for peace . He had a conscience . He was now in extreme old age , and was unwilling , after a life which , when his situation was considered , must be ...
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... England , after many years of profound internal quiet , saw , for the last time , hostile armies set in battle array against each other . This year is memorable in the life of Frederic , as the date at which his noviciate in the art of ...
... England , after many years of profound internal quiet , saw , for the last time , hostile armies set in battle array against each other . This year is memorable in the life of Frederic , as the date at which his noviciate in the art of ...
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