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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... Kingdom Description of the United Kingdom Its Population . The National Debt The Sinking Fund The Revenue • 13 17 · 18 24 25 28 34 35 The Excise 37 The Customs Other Branches of the Revenue The Revenue and the Revolution of 1688 The ...
... Kingdom Description of the United Kingdom Its Population . The National Debt The Sinking Fund The Revenue • 13 17 · 18 24 25 28 34 35 The Excise 37 The Customs Other Branches of the Revenue The Revenue and the Revolution of 1688 The ...
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... kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage . Enlarged by these acquisitions , Austria main- tained its position in Europe for nearly two centuries . During this period it passed through a greater number of crises than any other State ...
... kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage . Enlarged by these acquisitions , Austria main- tained its position in Europe for nearly two centuries . During this period it passed through a greater number of crises than any other State ...
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... kingdom on her western frontier ; and Poland was ruthlessly partitioned among the neighbouring powers . By the acquisition of Warsaw , Russia thrust herself like a wedge into Europe , and for the first time acquired an СНАР . I. I. CHAP ...
... kingdom on her western frontier ; and Poland was ruthlessly partitioned among the neighbouring powers . By the acquisition of Warsaw , Russia thrust herself like a wedge into Europe , and for the first time acquired an СНАР . I. I. CHAP ...
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... kingdom of Holland . Prussia repaid herself for her exer- tions by seizing upon a portion of the kingdom of Saxony . Austria obtained compensation for the loss of the Nether- lands in the romantic city which is seated on the waves of ...
... kingdom of Holland . Prussia repaid herself for her exer- tions by seizing upon a portion of the kingdom of Saxony . Austria obtained compensation for the loss of the Nether- lands in the romantic city which is seated on the waves of ...
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... kingdom from the fetters which shackled it . The revolutionary wave which swept over Europe , whose influence was even perceptible on these shores , drove him indeed from his admirable purpose into an opposite policy ; but the man who ...
... kingdom from the fetters which shackled it . The revolutionary wave which swept over Europe , whose influence was even perceptible on these shores , drove him indeed from his admirable purpose into an opposite policy ; but the man who ...
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