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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... asked of the allies but what they were prepared to do . He finally obtained from Sweden an engage- ment to furnish a military contingent , without exacting any pledge on the subject of the war subsidies , but with freedom to keep her ...
... asked of the allies but what they were prepared to do . He finally obtained from Sweden an engage- ment to furnish a military contingent , without exacting any pledge on the subject of the war subsidies , but with freedom to keep her ...
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... asked him to point out what measures should be taken to ruin an enemy so dangerous to the King of England as was the Grand Pensionary of Holland . ' Gourville , who was dis- satisfied with the reception given him by De Witt when he had ...
... asked him to point out what measures should be taken to ruin an enemy so dangerous to the King of England as was the Grand Pensionary of Holland . ' Gourville , who was dis- satisfied with the reception given him by De Witt when he had ...
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... asked leave to retire , alleging the ne- cessity of putting his affairs in order . As soon , therefore , as the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle was concluded , Louis XIV . summoned him to render an account of his embassy , being at the ...
... asked leave to retire , alleging the ne- cessity of putting his affairs in order . As soon , therefore , as the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle was concluded , Louis XIV . summoned him to render an account of his embassy , being at the ...
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... asking to be told what he thought a man could do more , Clifford replied angrily , he would tell him what a man might do more and what he ought to do more : which was to let the King and all the world know how basely and unworthily the ...
... asking to be told what he thought a man could do more , Clifford replied angrily , he would tell him what a man might do more and what he ought to do more : which was to let the King and all the world know how basely and unworthily the ...
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... asked , ' writes Pomponne , for all the necessary information on the state of affairs in Holland , with which she seemed already well informed . I was surprised to find such intelligence and capacity for business in a youthful princess ...
... asked , ' writes Pomponne , for all the necessary information on the state of affairs in Holland , with which she seemed already well informed . I was surprised to find such intelligence and capacity for business in a youthful princess ...
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