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... persons of naval and military renown . The fleet , which after the junction of twenty - two Dutch ships , consisted of 150 sail , with about 14,000 men on board , cast anchor in the Bay of Cadiz , June 20th . On the following day ...
... persons of naval and military renown . The fleet , which after the junction of twenty - two Dutch ships , consisted of 150 sail , with about 14,000 men on board , cast anchor in the Bay of Cadiz , June 20th . On the following day ...
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... person of weak character , and the mere tool of the Jesuits , by whom he had been educated . Soon afterwards , however , the Protestant party gained the ascendancy , and in 1588 the Jesuits were banished by the States of Transyl- vania ...
... person of weak character , and the mere tool of the Jesuits , by whom he had been educated . Soon afterwards , however , the Protestant party gained the ascendancy , and in 1588 the Jesuits were banished by the States of Transyl- vania ...
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... person was small but agreeable , his features good , his complexion pale and yellow from the baneful effects of opium . In his youth a favourable estimate was taken of his character ; for though of a studious and somewhat melancholy ...
... person was small but agreeable , his features good , his complexion pale and yellow from the baneful effects of opium . In his youth a favourable estimate was taken of his character ; for though of a studious and somewhat melancholy ...
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... person . His departure was delayed by the death of his Grand - Vizier Sinan ; but in April , 1596 , he commenced with great pomp his expedition against Erlau , accompanied by his newly - appointed Grand - Vizier Ibrahim Pasha , and by ...
... person . His departure was delayed by the death of his Grand - Vizier Sinan ; but in April , 1596 , he commenced with great pomp his expedition against Erlau , accompanied by his newly - appointed Grand - Vizier Ibrahim Pasha , and by ...
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... persons whose poverty debarred them from studying at a University : a privilege which , by drawing to them the youths of talent among the lower classes , gave them the command of education , and enabled them to mould at an early age the ...
... persons whose poverty debarred them from studying at a University : a privilege which , by drawing to them the youths of talent among the lower classes , gave them the command of education , and enabled them to mould at an early age the ...
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Page 427 - King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.