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... Affairs of Europe till 1731 ( pp . 39-61 ) . A.D. 1714. Philip V. and Alberoni Philip marries Elizabeth Far- nese , of Parma Page 39 A.D. 1719. France and England declare War against Spain . Spanish Expedition to Scotland Alberoni ...
... Affairs of Europe till 1731 ( pp . 39-61 ) . A.D. 1714. Philip V. and Alberoni Philip marries Elizabeth Far- nese , of Parma Page 39 A.D. 1719. France and England declare War against Spain . Spanish Expedition to Scotland Alberoni ...
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... Affair of the Diamond Neck- His Death 269 lace . Accession of Louis XVI . Financial State of France ments . The American Revolt 270 chief 271 He re - establishes the Parlia- Washington Commander - in- 1776. Declaration of Independence ...
... Affair of the Diamond Neck- His Death 269 lace . Accession of Louis XVI . Financial State of France ments . The American Revolt 270 chief 271 He re - establishes the Parlia- Washington Commander - in- 1776. Declaration of Independence ...
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Thomas Henry Dyer. OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . XV CHAPTER LVII . General Affairs of Europe . - Insurrection in Poland and Second and Third Partitions of that Country . - Death of Catherine II . of Russia and Accession of Peter III . — View of ...
Thomas Henry Dyer. OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . XV CHAPTER LVII . General Affairs of Europe . - Insurrection in Poland and Second and Third Partitions of that Country . - Death of Catherine II . of Russia and Accession of Peter III . — View of ...
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... affairs of Louis went rapidly to decay . Jean - Baptiste Colbert , one of the ablest ministers that France had ever seen , was born in 1619 , the son of a trader of Rheims . After receiving the rudiments of a commercial educa- tion , he ...
... affairs of Louis went rapidly to decay . Jean - Baptiste Colbert , one of the ablest ministers that France had ever seen , was born in 1619 , the son of a trader of Rheims . After receiving the rudiments of a commercial educa- tion , he ...
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... affairs of Europe ; and by his able , but unscrupulous policy , well seconded by Mazarin , France secured , at the Peace of Westphalia , the ad- vantages already related , which were further extended by the Peace of the Pyrenees , in ...
... affairs of Europe ; and by his able , but unscrupulous policy , well seconded by Mazarin , France secured , at the Peace of Westphalia , the ad- vantages already related , which were further extended by the Peace of the Pyrenees , in ...
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