Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 18
... given by Frederic to one of them . It soon became plain that , in the most important points , the new sovereign bore a strong family likeness to his predecessor . There was indeed a wide difference between the father and the son as ...
... given by Frederic to one of them . It soon became plain that , in the most important points , the new sovereign bore a strong family likeness to his predecessor . There was indeed a wide difference between the father and the son as ...
Page 28
... given birth to a son , afterwards the Emperor Joseph the Second . Scarcely had she arisen from her couch , when she hastened to Presburg . There , in the sight of an innumerable multitude , she was crowned with the crown and robed with ...
... given birth to a son , afterwards the Emperor Joseph the Second . Scarcely had she arisen from her couch , when she hastened to Presburg . There , in the sight of an innumerable multitude , she was crowned with the crown and robed with ...
Page 29
... given to the Pragmatic Sanction . His plan now was to secure his share of the plunder by betraying his accomplices . Maria Theresa was little inclined to listen to any such compromise ; but the English government represented to her so ...
... given to the Pragmatic Sanction . His plan now was to secure his share of the plunder by betraying his accomplices . Maria Theresa was little inclined to listen to any such compromise ; but the English government represented to her so ...
Page 31
... given ample proof ; and of her respect for treaties he judged by his own . Guarantees , he said , were mere filigree , pretty to look at , but too brittle to bear the slightest pressure . He thought it his safest course to ally himself ...
... given ample proof ; and of her respect for treaties he judged by his own . Guarantees , he said , were mere filigree , pretty to look at , but too brittle to bear the slightest pressure . He thought it his safest course to ally himself ...
Page 39
... given . Towards his troops he acted in a very different manner . Military offences were punished with such barbarous scourging that to be shot was considered by the Prussian soldier as a secondary punishment . Indeed , the principle ...
... given . Towards his troops he acted in a very different manner . Military offences were punished with such barbarous scourging that to be shot was considered by the Prussian soldier as a secondary punishment . Indeed , the principle ...
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