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... better enabled to sum up his charac- as many other princes have done . ter , and to judge whether from his In 1248 the Burgrave Frederick II . resembling the last king of Navarre obtained possessions in Franconia , he is only worthy ...
... better enabled to sum up his charac- as many other princes have done . ter , and to judge whether from his In 1248 the Burgrave Frederick II . resembling the last king of Navarre obtained possessions in Franconia , he is only worthy ...
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The predecessor ; but after bringing an possessions of Frederick when he died , inauspicious war to a succcessful con- comprized 10,000 square leagues , clusion , he obtained by the peace of 5,800,000 subjects , 2,500,000 of Westphalia ...
The predecessor ; but after bringing an possessions of Frederick when he died , inauspicious war to a succcessful con- comprized 10,000 square leagues , clusion , he obtained by the peace of 5,800,000 subjects , 2,500,000 of Westphalia ...
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The Prussian throne he had reposed on his arms , a possessions perpetually augmenting coalition would ever have been ready in extent and value ; with an increas- to disturb that repose ; and conseing influence in the Diet , and a pro- ...
The Prussian throne he had reposed on his arms , a possessions perpetually augmenting coalition would ever have been ready in extent and value ; with an increas- to disturb that repose ; and conseing influence in the Diet , and a pro- ...
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... an into commit an injustice upon another stitute of scavans . and nearer neighbour ; and this was Of the political conduct of the the case in suffering the French to King of Prussia , since the new distake possession of Hanover .
... an into commit an injustice upon another stitute of scavans . and nearer neighbour ; and this was Of the political conduct of the the case in suffering the French to King of Prussia , since the new distake possession of Hanover .
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He is active bly roused by sensation than by meand nimble as a hunter of chamois , mory , and which Ramond describes possessed of more penetration than is so beautifully , that I cannot withgenerally suspected in a Frenchman , stand the ...
He is active bly roused by sensation than by meand nimble as a hunter of chamois , mory , and which Ramond describes possessed of more penetration than is so beautifully , that I cannot withgenerally suspected in a Frenchman , stand the ...
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Page 346 - The scene of the Picture is laid in that part of the road to Canterbury which commands a view of the Dulwich hills — the time, a beautiful and serene April morning. The interest of the Procession is considerably heightened by the cheerfulness of the accompanying landscape. The Pilgrims are grouped with a decorum suited to their respective characters, and in the order in which we may suppose Chaucer himself to have seen them, headed by the Miller, playing upon his pipe, under the guidance of Harry...
Page 56 - The evidence that there is a Being, all-powerful, wise, and good, by whom every thing exists ; and particularly, to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness of the Deity ; and this, in the first place, from considerations independent of written revelation, and, in the second place, from the Revelation of the Lord Jesus ; and from the whole, to point out the inferences most necessary for and useful to mankind.
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Page 139 - French languages: the earliest known instance of the English tongue having been used in deeds, is that of the indenture between the abbot and convent of Whitby, and Robert, the son of John Bustard, dated at York, in the year 1343. The English tongue was ordered to be used in all law pleadings in 1364. Ordered to be used in all law-suits in May, 1731.
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Page 114 - Hardy within the first hour-and-aquarter of this period. A partial cannonade, however, was still maintained, in consequence of the enemy's running ships passing the British at different points ; and the last distant guns which were fired at their van ships that were making off, were heard a minute or two before his lordship expired.