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... Minister State of Spain • 1762. Death of the Empress Eliza- beth of Russia Change of Policy of her Succes- 180 170 • · 171 . • sor , Peter III . 172 Peter deposed by his Consort , Catherine II . 181 173 Campaign tory Ferdinand IV . King ...
... Minister State of Spain • 1762. Death of the Empress Eliza- beth of Russia Change of Policy of her Succes- 180 170 • · 171 . • sor , Peter III . 172 Peter deposed by his Consort , Catherine II . 181 173 Campaign tory Ferdinand IV . King ...
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... Minister Godoy . 432 CHAPTER LVI . Progress of the Revolution from the Execution of Louis XVI . till the Execution of Robespierre , July 28th , 1794 ( pp . 433-484 ) . 1793. Anarchy in France Insurrection in La Vendée . The ...
... Minister Godoy . 432 CHAPTER LVI . Progress of the Revolution from the Execution of Louis XVI . till the Execution of Robespierre , July 28th , 1794 ( pp . 433-484 ) . 1793. Anarchy in France Insurrection in La Vendée . The ...
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... ministers , Le Tellier , Colbert , Lionne , Louvois , that he found the means of sustaining the glories of his reign ... minister caused him to be appointed a counsellor of state , and from this period his rise was rapid . He obtained ...
... ministers , Le Tellier , Colbert , Lionne , Louvois , that he found the means of sustaining the glories of his reign ... minister caused him to be appointed a counsellor of state , and from this period his rise was rapid . He obtained ...
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... minister at Frankfort . Instead of the dogmatical subtleties which had been the chief themes of the Lutheran preachers , he endeavoured to 1 See Vol . II . p . 430 sq . 2 Mr. Carlyle , in his Hist . of Fried- rich II . , vol . ii . p ...
... minister at Frankfort . Instead of the dogmatical subtleties which had been the chief themes of the Lutheran preachers , he endeavoured to 1 See Vol . II . p . 430 sq . 2 Mr. Carlyle , in his Hist . of Fried- rich II . , vol . ii . p ...
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... Minister . He was the son of an apothecary at Brives - la - Gaillarde , a small town in the Limousin , and was born September 6th , 1656 . Sent to Paris by his parents at the early age of twelve , and almost abandoned to his own ...
... Minister . He was the son of an apothecary at Brives - la - Gaillarde , a small town in the Limousin , and was born September 6th , 1656 . Sent to Paris by his parents at the early age of twelve , and almost abandoned to his own ...
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