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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... seemed impossible that the Emperor should be indifferent . At the same time they resolved to send Prince John Maurice of Nassau as ambassador extra- ordinary to Vienna . But reassured by the preliminaries of peace between France and ...
... seemed impossible that the Emperor should be indifferent . At the same time they resolved to send Prince John Maurice of Nassau as ambassador extra- ordinary to Vienna . But reassured by the preliminaries of peace between France and ...
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... seemed now superfluous , and , instead of considering the States - General as saviours , it pretended that they wished to victimise it , and complained of being reduced by their intervention to submit to a peace which imposed upon Spain ...
... seemed now superfluous , and , instead of considering the States - General as saviours , it pretended that they wished to victimise it , and complained of being reduced by their intervention to submit to a peace which imposed upon Spain ...
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... until the payment of the final instalment of the sub- sidies . Every precaution seemed to have been taken to deprive Spain of any loophole for evasion , and the States- General might justly congratulate themselves on the comple- tion of.
... until the payment of the final instalment of the sub- sidies . Every precaution seemed to have been taken to deprive Spain of any loophole for evasion , and the States- General might justly congratulate themselves on the comple- tion of.
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... seemed disposed to receive them favourably , but the Constable entirely ignored them . His reply , ' writes De Witt , shows us the futility of our hopes . ' The rupture of the negotiations seemed inevitable . The Swedish president ...
... seemed disposed to receive them favourably , but the Constable entirely ignored them . His reply , ' writes De Witt , shows us the futility of our hopes . ' The rupture of the negotiations seemed inevitable . The Swedish president ...
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... interested , were delivered to each negotiator ; and the anxiety constantly caused to the States by the persistence of Spain in her unreasonable demands seemed happily dissipated . Such was the result of the long and arduous labours of c 2.
... interested , were delivered to each negotiator ; and the anxiety constantly caused to the States by the persistence of Spain in her unreasonable demands seemed happily dissipated . Such was the result of the long and arduous labours of c 2.
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