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... already point to many eminent names . The French Academy of Architec- ture was founded in 1671 , and the Academy of Painting and Sculpture , originated by Mazarin in 1648 , received a fresh de- velopment at the hands of Louis and his ...
... already point to many eminent names . The French Academy of Architec- ture was founded in 1671 , and the Academy of Painting and Sculpture , originated by Mazarin in 1648 , received a fresh de- velopment at the hands of Louis and his ...
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... already conducted all the affairs of France during eight years , before he obtained , in 1669 , the office of Secretary of State , with the manage- ment of the Admiralty , commerce , colonies , the King's household , Paris , the ...
... already conducted all the affairs of France during eight years , before he obtained , in 1669 , the office of Secretary of State , with the manage- ment of the Admiralty , commerce , colonies , the King's household , Paris , the ...
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... already related , which were further extended by the Peace of the Pyrenees , in 1658 . Thus , when Louis XIV . assumed the reigns of government he had only to follow the course marked out for him . Without wishing to detract from the ...
... already related , which were further extended by the Peace of the Pyrenees , in 1658 . Thus , when Louis XIV . assumed the reigns of government he had only to follow the course marked out for him . Without wishing to detract from the ...
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... allies , and her treaties with the Porte show how the ideas of religion were already beginning 1 Sempère , Hist . des Cortés , ch . xxxi . 14 THEORY OF THE BALANCE OF POWER . [ CHAP Of England In Holland Theory of the Balance of Power.
... allies , and her treaties with the Porte show how the ideas of religion were already beginning 1 Sempère , Hist . des Cortés , ch . xxxi . 14 THEORY OF THE BALANCE OF POWER . [ CHAP Of England In Holland Theory of the Balance of Power.
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... already related , by Mazarin . We are thus brought down to the Thirty Years ' War and Peace of Westphalia , which , as we have said , first in any degree practically established the European equilibrium . We mean not See Vol . iii . p ...
... already related , by Mazarin . We are thus brought down to the Thirty Years ' War and Peace of Westphalia , which , as we have said , first in any degree practically established the European equilibrium . We mean not See Vol . iii . p ...
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