Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... death . It seemed probable that the Prince himself would suffer the same fate . It was with difficulty that the inter- cession of the States of Holland , of the Kings of Sweden and Poland , and of the Emperor of Germany , saved the ...
... death . It seemed probable that the Prince himself would suffer the same fate . It was with difficulty that the inter- cession of the States of Holland , of the Kings of Sweden and Poland , and of the Emperor of Germany , saved the ...
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... death with a firmness and dignity worthy of a better and wiser man ; and Frederic , who had just completed his twenty - eighth year , became King of Prussia . His character was little understood . That he had good abilities , indeed ...
... death with a firmness and dignity worthy of a better and wiser man ; and Frederic , who had just completed his twenty - eighth year , became King of Prussia . His character was little understood . That he had good abilities , indeed ...
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... death , relinquished all hopes of male issue . During the latter part of his life , his principal object had been to secure to his descendants in the female line the many crowns of the house of Hapsburg . With this view , he had ...
... death , relinquished all hopes of male issue . During the latter part of his life , his principal object had been to secure to his descendants in the female line the many crowns of the house of Hapsburg . With this view , he had ...
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... to a husband whom she loved , and was on the point of giving birth to a child , when death deprived her of her father . The loss of a parent , and the new cares MARIA THERESA 21 of empire , were too much for 20 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
... to a husband whom she loved , and was on the point of giving birth to a child , when death deprived her of her father . The loss of a parent , and the new cares MARIA THERESA 21 of empire , were too much for 20 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
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... death . Bavaria was overrun by bands of ferocious warriors from that bloody debatable land which lies on the frontier between Christendom and Islam . The terrible names of the Pandoor , the Croat , and the Hussar , then first became ...
... death . Bavaria was overrun by bands of ferocious warriors from that bloody debatable land which lies on the frontier between Christendom and Islam . The terrible names of the Pandoor , the Croat , and the Hussar , then first became ...
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