The Revolt of the United Netherlands. With the Trial of Counts Egmont and Horn, and the Siege of Antwerp: To which is Added, The Disturbances in France Preceding the Reign of Henry IV.G. Bell & sons, 1897 - 452 pages |
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... brought into connection with the rest of the subject . Not so much with the view of enriching my history with new facts as of seeking a key to old ones , I betook myself to the original sources , and thus what was за B originally ...
... brought into connection with the rest of the subject . Not so much with the view of enriching my history with new facts as of seeking a key to old ones , I betook myself to the original sources , and thus what was за B originally ...
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... brought idleness with it , had lost much of its population , and could not long support the con- tinual drafts of men which were required both for the New World and the Netherlands . Of these conscripts , few ever saw their country ...
... brought idleness with it , had lost much of its population , and could not long support the con- tinual drafts of men which were required both for the New World and the Netherlands . Of these conscripts , few ever saw their country ...
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... , born for his times , revealed to his fellow - slaves the dangerous secret of their power , and brought their mute grief to a bloody 66 announcement . Confess , Batavians , " cries Claudius REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS . 15.
... , born for his times , revealed to his fellow - slaves the dangerous secret of their power , and brought their mute grief to a bloody 66 announcement . Confess , Batavians , " cries Claudius REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS . 15.
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... brought misery on her inheritance , was now the centre of attraction to the whole known world . Among her suitors ap- peared two great princes , King Louis XI . of France , for his son , the young Dauphin , and Maximilian of Austria ...
... brought misery on her inheritance , was now the centre of attraction to the whole known world . Among her suitors ap- peared two great princes , King Louis XI . of France , for his son , the young Dauphin , and Maximilian of Austria ...
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... brought to receive him as a viceroy for a stated period , and under conditions ratified by oath . Maximilian , after he became Roman Emperor , fancied that he might safely venture to violate the constitution . He im . posed ...
... brought to receive him as a viceroy for a stated period , and under conditions ratified by oath . Maximilian , after he became Roman Emperor , fancied that he might safely venture to violate the constitution . He im . posed ...
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