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 vi
... letter to the King of France - De Groot admitted to an audience - Reply of Louis XIV . - A rupture imminent - Dissimulation of the King of England - Pacific assurances given by Van Beuningen on his return from his embassy to London - De ...
... letter to the King of France - De Groot admitted to an audience - Reply of Louis XIV . - A rupture imminent - Dissimulation of the King of England - Pacific assurances given by Van Beuningen on his return from his embassy to London - De ...
Page ix
... Letter from his grandmother - He is solemnly invested with his office - Great position made for him - Negotiations- Proposals transmitted by De Groot to Louis XIV . - Exactions of the King of France - Report made by De Groot to the ...
... Letter from his grandmother - He is solemnly invested with his office - Great position made for him - Negotiations- Proposals transmitted by De Groot to Louis XIV . - Exactions of the King of France - Report made by De Groot to the ...
Page xii
... letter -- Cornelius de Witt is exposed to the same enmity as his brother - His domestic life - His correspondence with his wife , Maria van Berkel , during the last naval campaign - His services unrecognised - His arrest - He is accused ...
... letter -- Cornelius de Witt is exposed to the same enmity as his brother - His domestic life - His correspondence with his wife , Maria van Berkel , during the last naval campaign - His services unrecognised - His arrest - He is accused ...
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... letter from the French ambassador in London , Colbert de Croissy , which related the success of his negotiations , adding , that he had given the ministers of the King of England to understand the full extent of the liberalities of the ...
... letter from the French ambassador in London , Colbert de Croissy , which related the success of his negotiations , adding , that he had given the ministers of the King of England to understand the full extent of the liberalities of the ...
Page 35
... letter , to decide as sovereigns upon the interests of the two greatest monarchs of Christen- dom . ' He was anxious for their punishment , and only post- poned it to give it greater effect . Let us be content to appear to be the anvil ...
... letter , to decide as sovereigns upon the interests of the two greatest monarchs of Christen- dom . ' He was anxious for their punishment , and only post- poned it to give it greater effect . Let us be content to appear to be the anvil ...
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