A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... less severely than France , she Austria . had won less glory . If the House of Hapsburg still re- tained its hereditary possessions , it had lost the rich Ne- therlands which had been ceded to it at Utrecht a cen- tury before ; it had ...
... less severely than France , she Austria . had won less glory . If the House of Hapsburg still re- tained its hereditary possessions , it had lost the rich Ne- therlands which had been ceded to it at Utrecht a cen- tury before ; it had ...
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... less confident in his genius or less extortionate in his demands , this result would unquestionably have occurred . But Napoleon , in the moment of his first reverse , preferred the chances of the sword to the tender consideration of ...
... less confident in his genius or less extortionate in his demands , this result would unquestionably have occurred . But Napoleon , in the moment of his first reverse , preferred the chances of the sword to the tender consideration of ...
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... Less than ninety years had passed since the Great Elector's son had become first King of Prussia . Less than thirty years had passed since the great Frederick had raised his country for the first time in her story to the front rank in ...
... Less than ninety years had passed since the Great Elector's son had become first King of Prussia . Less than thirty years had passed since the great Frederick had raised his country for the first time in her story to the front rank in ...
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... less resources together , the Russians , after a long humilia- tion , won the battle of Pultowa . From that time till the present day Russia has maintained an unquestioned pre- dominance in Northern Europe . Charles XII . , defeated at ...
... less resources together , the Russians , after a long humilia- tion , won the battle of Pultowa . From that time till the present day Russia has maintained an unquestioned pre- dominance in Northern Europe . Charles XII . , defeated at ...
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... less than 5,400,000 , and did not exceed 5,600,000 . The number of the people in 1821 was found to have in- creased to 6,801,000 ; and it is , probably , therefore not very inaccurate to conclude that the population of Ire- land in 1816 ...
... less than 5,400,000 , and did not exceed 5,600,000 . The number of the people in 1821 was found to have in- creased to 6,801,000 ; and it is , probably , therefore not very inaccurate to conclude that the population of Ire- land in 1816 ...
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