John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Or, Twenty Years of a Parliamentary Republic, Volume 2Longmans, Green and Company, 1885 - Netherlands |
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Page vii
... Attack on the India fleet - Aggression of the Bishop of Münster and the Elector of Cologne - Offensive measures advised by De Witt - Attempted attack on Neuss in the Electorate.
... Attack on the India fleet - Aggression of the Bishop of Münster and the Elector of Cologne - Offensive measures advised by De Witt - Attempted attack on Neuss in the Electorate.
Page viii
... attack on Neuss in the Electorate of Cologne - Its failure -Plan of a naval expedition to the coast of France - Attempts against English fleet - Cornelius de Witt sent as plenipotentiary of the States to Ruyter - Correspondence of the ...
... attack on Neuss in the Electorate of Cologne - Its failure -Plan of a naval expedition to the coast of France - Attempts against English fleet - Cornelius de Witt sent as plenipotentiary of the States to Ruyter - Correspondence of the ...
Page 47
... attacking and conquering other countries without first de- manding reparation for any offence , Louis XIV . gave warning to the republic of the fate that awaited it . Accordingly , notwithstanding the circumspection they still desired ...
... attacking and conquering other countries without first de- manding reparation for any offence , Louis XIV . gave warning to the republic of the fate that awaited it . Accordingly , notwithstanding the circumspection they still desired ...
Page 49
... attack the United Provinces . Leopold allowed himself to be persuaded . Notwithstanding the disavowals addressed to Lisola by his ministers , and the assurances which the French ambassador still continued to extract from him , he ...
... attack the United Provinces . Leopold allowed himself to be persuaded . Notwithstanding the disavowals addressed to Lisola by his ministers , and the assurances which the French ambassador still continued to extract from him , he ...
Page 53
... attack , under the weight of which it seemed inevitable that they should be crushed . Faithless to his engagements with the republic , Charles II . had made the first advances towards France . They were at first coldly received . Louis ...
... attack , under the weight of which it seemed inevitable that they should be crushed . Faithless to his engagements with the republic , Charles II . had made the first advances towards France . They were at first coldly received . Louis ...
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