A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... enjoyed by one of Maximilian's direct descendants . But the fortunes of his family had been subjected in the interval to many vicissitudes . Ger- CHAP . I. many and Spain had again been separated HISTORY OF ENGLAND . 7.
... enjoyed by one of Maximilian's direct descendants . But the fortunes of his family had been subjected in the interval to many vicissitudes . Ger- CHAP . I. many and Spain had again been separated HISTORY OF ENGLAND . 7.
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... fortune to die before the misery of his sister was complete , or the disasters which were already threatening had overtaken his country . A long war , or rather a series of wars , weakened the power of the Austrian empire . The first of ...
... fortune to die before the misery of his sister was complete , or the disasters which were already threatening had overtaken his country . A long war , or rather a series of wars , weakened the power of the Austrian empire . The first of ...
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... fortunes in a speculation in which it appears to me , after the most deliberate consideration of the evi- 1 Pict . Hist . , vol . iv . p . 688 ; McCulloch's Com . Dict . , ad verb . Gas . Lord Lauderdale , Protests of the House of Lords ...
... fortunes in a speculation in which it appears to me , after the most deliberate consideration of the evi- 1 Pict . Hist . , vol . iv . p . 688 ; McCulloch's Com . Dict . , ad verb . Gas . Lord Lauderdale , Protests of the House of Lords ...
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... fortunes of war had opened vast empires to our traders , and the su- periority , which our fleets had acquired over their adver- saries , had driven many rival flags from the seas . In 1816 England had dependencies in every portion of ...
... fortunes of war had opened vast empires to our traders , and the su- periority , which our fleets had acquired over their adver- saries , had driven many rival flags from the seas . In 1816 England had dependencies in every portion of ...
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... fortune . At twenty years of age he was elected at the cost of 8,000l . or 9,000l . for Hull . At the same time he formed a firm and warm friendship for Pitt . In 1783 Pitt , Eliot , and he together made a tour in France ; and the ...
... fortune . At twenty years of age he was elected at the cost of 8,000l . or 9,000l . for Hull . At the same time he formed a firm and warm friendship for Pitt . In 1783 Pitt , Eliot , and he together made a tour in France ; and the ...
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