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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... demanded by De Witt - Insufficiency of equipments and levies of troops- Reinforcements sent to the camp by the Grand Pensionary - The invasion -March of the French army - Attack and seizure of the fortresses of the Rhine - The line of ...
... demanded by De Witt - Insufficiency of equipments and levies of troops- Reinforcements sent to the camp by the Grand Pensionary - The invasion -March of the French army - Attack and seizure of the fortresses of the Rhine - The line of ...
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... demanded by Sweden . As the price of a military contingent to be placed at the disposal of Spain in the event of a renewal of the war , Sweden demanded the promise of a second sum of 180,000 crowns to be paid quarterly , and required ...
... demanded by Sweden . As the price of a military contingent to be placed at the disposal of Spain in the event of a renewal of the war , Sweden demanded the promise of a second sum of 180,000 crowns to be paid quarterly , and required ...
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... demanded , both for his conversion and for his military co - operation , subsidies amounting to 1,000,000l . , which Louis refused to grant . Charles , however , soon lowered his demands , while on his side Louis recognised the ...
... demanded , both for his conversion and for his military co - operation , subsidies amounting to 1,000,000l . , which Louis refused to grant . Charles , however , soon lowered his demands , while on his side Louis recognised the ...
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... demanded that the con- duct of foreign affairs should be confided to another minister , and that his office should be divided on account of the over- pressure of work which he had to attend to . This attack was too direct to be ...
... demanded that the con- duct of foreign affairs should be confided to another minister , and that his office should be divided on account of the over- pressure of work which he had to attend to . This attack was too direct to be ...
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... demanded a change of system by which a compromise might be effected . The two provinces agreed that each should have its sepa- rate provincial court , but preserved the grand council for both , to sit in appeal in civil cases , and as a ...
... demanded a change of system by which a compromise might be effected . The two provinces agreed that each should have its sepa- rate provincial court , but preserved the grand council for both , to sit in appeal in civil cases , and as a ...
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