The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 1 |
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... minister attributed the public evils to the faults of his predecessor , and produced his own favourite scheme of ... ministers , and finding that his difficulties were becoming every.
... minister attributed the public evils to the faults of his predecessor , and produced his own favourite scheme of ... ministers , and finding that his difficulties were becoming every.
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... minister whose integrity acquired the confidence of the monied men , and Calonne , his rival and enemy , who affected a felicitous union of business and pleasure , succeeded to the administration of the finances . Bold , original , and ...
... minister whose integrity acquired the confidence of the monied men , and Calonne , his rival and enemy , who affected a felicitous union of business and pleasure , succeeded to the administration of the finances . Bold , original , and ...
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... ministry , as he was a Calvinist , required the utmost circumspection , and he was elevated to office under the title of Director of the Royal Treasury . He was appointed , as we have seen , minister of the finances , and the ...
... ministry , as he was a Calvinist , required the utmost circumspection , and he was elevated to office under the title of Director of the Royal Treasury . He was appointed , as we have seen , minister of the finances , and the ...
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... minister of his finances , relative to the approaching convocation of the states- general , his majesty had so far adopted its objects and its principles , as to command that the number of the deputies in the ap . proaching states ...
... minister of his finances , relative to the approaching convocation of the states- general , his majesty had so far adopted its objects and its principles , as to command that the number of the deputies in the ap . proaching states ...
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... minister of that flagitious and despicable prince , made overtures to the court that he might be introduced into the ... ministry . Finding himself precluded from the object of his ambition by this self - denying or- dirance , he once ...
... minister of that flagitious and despicable prince , made overtures to the court that he might be introduced into the ... ministry . Finding himself precluded from the object of his ambition by this self - denying or- dirance , he once ...
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