Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... seemed to savour of something different from pure Lutheranism . The King suspected that his son was inclined to be a heretic of some sort or other , whether Calvinist or Atheist his Majesty did not very well know . The ordinary ...
... seemed to savour of something different from pure Lutheranism . The King suspected that his son was inclined to be a heretic of some sort or other , whether Calvinist or Atheist his Majesty did not very well know . The ordinary ...
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... 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 House of ...
... 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 House of ...
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... seemed that she had little cause for anxiety . It seemed that justice , humanity , and the faith of treaties would have their due weight , and that the settlement so solemnly guaranteed would be quietly carried into effect . England ...
... seemed that she had little cause for anxiety . It seemed that justice , humanity , and the faith of treaties would have their due weight , and that the settlement so solemnly guaranteed would be quietly carried into effect . England ...
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... seemed possible , even probable , that the peace of the world would be preserved . The plunder of the great Austrian heritage was indeed a strong temptation ; and in more than one cabinet ambitious schemes were already meditated . But ...
... seemed possible , even probable , that the peace of the world would be preserved . The plunder of the great Austrian heritage was indeed a strong temptation ; and in more than one cabinet ambitious schemes were already meditated . But ...
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... seemed adverse to the Queen of Hungary . Frederic invaded Moravia . The French and Bavarians penetrated into Bohemia , and were there joined by the Saxons . Prague was taken . The Elector of Bavaria was raised by the suffrages of his ...
... seemed adverse to the Queen of Hungary . Frederic invaded Moravia . The French and Bavarians penetrated into Bohemia , and were there joined by the Saxons . Prague was taken . The Elector of Bavaria was raised by the suffrages of his ...
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