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... SWEDEN , thus concludes a letter which he wrote to his friend and Minifter Chancellor Oxenftiern , not long before he was affaffinated at the battle of Lutzen : " HOWEVER the cause be good and just , the " event of war is uncertain on ...
... SWEDEN , thus concludes a letter which he wrote to his friend and Minifter Chancellor Oxenftiern , not long before he was affaffinated at the battle of Lutzen : " HOWEVER the cause be good and just , the " event of war is uncertain on ...
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... indeed I own " that I am cold ; but unless I had occafionally " tempered and moderated your heat , you would " have been burnt up long ago . ” OXENSTIERN , OXENSTIERN , GREAT CHANCELLOR OF SWEDEN , ufed to fay 194 ANECDOTES OF SOME.
... indeed I own " that I am cold ; but unless I had occafionally " tempered and moderated your heat , you would " have been burnt up long ago . ” OXENSTIERN , OXENSTIERN , GREAT CHANCELLOR OF SWEDEN , ufed to fay 194 ANECDOTES OF SOME.
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William Seward. OXENSTIERN , GREAT CHANCELLOR OF SWEDEN , ufed to fay to his fon , " Vides , mi fili , quám par- “ vulâ fapientiâ Mundus ifte nofter regitur * . ” Oxenftiern was Guardian , to Chriftina Queen of Sweden , who thus ...
William Seward. OXENSTIERN , GREAT CHANCELLOR OF SWEDEN , ufed to fay to his fon , " Vides , mi fili , quám par- “ vulâ fapientiâ Mundus ifte nofter regitur * . ” Oxenftiern was Guardian , to Chriftina Queen of Sweden , who thus ...
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... Sweden , by Charles the Ninth , at the age of twenty - four years , the " only example of fuch a precocity in that " kingdom . " HENRY THE FOURTH , KING OF FRANCE . M. de Noailles was in love with the aunt of this Monarch , and wrote ...
... Sweden , by Charles the Ninth , at the age of twenty - four years , the " only example of fuch a precocity in that " kingdom . " HENRY THE FOURTH , KING OF FRANCE . M. de Noailles was in love with the aunt of this Monarch , and wrote ...
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... SWEDEN , thus concludes a letter which he wrote to his friend and Minifter Chancellor Oxenftiern , not long before he was affaffinated at the battle of Lutzen : 86 " HOWEVER the caufe be good and just , the event of war is uncertain on ...
... SWEDEN , thus concludes a letter which he wrote to his friend and Minifter Chancellor Oxenftiern , not long before he was affaffinated at the battle of Lutzen : 86 " HOWEVER the caufe be good and just , the event of war is uncertain on ...
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