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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... enemy's troops - India ships brought back to port - Services rendered by Ruyter - Organisation of the defence --- Financial measures : forced loans - Information furnished by De Witt - Increase of the strength of the army - Louis XIV ...
... enemy's troops - India ships brought back to port - Services rendered by Ruyter - Organisation of the defence --- Financial measures : forced loans - Information furnished by De Witt - Increase of the strength of the army - Louis XIV ...
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... enemies . of the republic to surround with an impenetrable mystery the iniquitous bargain to which the United ... enemy of the princess , who had obtained his exile in order to release the Duke of Orleans from the shameless rule ...
... enemies . of the republic to surround with an impenetrable mystery the iniquitous bargain to which the United ... enemy of the princess , who had obtained his exile in order to release the Duke of Orleans from the shameless rule ...
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... enemy of his country in order to arrive at sovereign power . This suspicion , which the Prince of Orange was afterwards so nobly to belie , seemed at the time justified by the dis- simulation of which he had already given more than one ...
... enemy of his country in order to arrive at sovereign power . This suspicion , which the Prince of Orange was afterwards so nobly to belie , seemed at the time justified by the dis- simulation of which he had already given more than one ...
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... enemy to his family . ' 6 When informed of the attitude assumed by the Prince of Orange in London , Louis XIV . was careful to dissuade Charles II . from making confidences to his nephew , re- presenting to him how dangerous it would be ...
... enemy to his family . ' 6 When informed of the attitude assumed by the Prince of Orange in London , Louis XIV . was careful to dissuade Charles II . from making confidences to his nephew , re- presenting to him how dangerous it would be ...
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... enemy of the States - General . The absolute monarch , accustomed to the adulation of his subjects , was indignant with a republic which , by granting the right of asylum to liberty of the press , exposed him to attacks from the ...
... enemy of the States - General . The absolute monarch , accustomed to the adulation of his subjects , was indignant with a republic which , by granting the right of asylum to liberty of the press , exposed him to attacks from the ...
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