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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... taken , has been estimated at three millions . Charles and his army had advanced to the combat , not like foes who purpose battle , but like conquerors who adorn themse.ves after victory . citizens , went , stript to their shirts , bare ...
... taken , has been estimated at three millions . Charles and his army had advanced to the combat , not like foes who purpose battle , but like conquerors who adorn themse.ves after victory . citizens , went , stript to their shirts , bare ...
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... of religious tenets . had taken the side which a despot could not fail to take , opposed to the increasing torrent of innovation the most effectual remedies . Unhappily , for the reformed D 2 REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS . 35.
... of religious tenets . had taken the side which a despot could not fail to take , opposed to the increasing torrent of innovation the most effectual remedies . Unhappily , for the reformed D 2 REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS . 35.
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... taken to- gether , scarcely comprised the fifth part of Italy , and do not extend beyond three hundred Flemish miles , yielded an an- nual revenue to their lord , not much inferior to that which Britain formerly paid to its kings ...
... taken to- gether , scarcely comprised the fifth part of Italy , and do not extend beyond three hundred Flemish miles , yielded an an- nual revenue to their lord , not much inferior to that which Britain formerly paid to its kings ...
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... taken in the innermost depths of the soul ; to extinguish all traces of it , both in domestic life , and in the civil world ; to cause all recollection of it to perish ; and if possible , to destroy the very susceptibility for its ...
... taken in the innermost depths of the soul ; to extinguish all traces of it , both in domestic life , and in the civil world ; to cause all recollection of it to perish ; and if possible , to destroy the very susceptibility for its ...
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... taken together , were equivalent to a fifth , ) but William had nourished hopes of Flanders and Brabant . He and Count Egmont forgot what had really fallen to their share , and only remembered that they had lost the regency . The ...
... taken together , were equivalent to a fifth , ) but William had nourished hopes of Flanders and Brabant . He and Count Egmont forgot what had really fallen to their share , and only remembered that they had lost the regency . The ...
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