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... became the standard of all Europe , and caused the period to be called the AGE OF LOUIS XIV . Its influence survived the reign of that Monarch , and gave a moral weight to France , even after her political preponderance had declined ...
... became the standard of all Europe , and caused the period to be called the AGE OF LOUIS XIV . Its influence survived the reign of that Monarch , and gave a moral weight to France , even after her political preponderance had declined ...
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... became by degrees the centre of historical , philological , and archæological researches . The Académie des sciences was founded in 1666 , after the example of the Royal Society of London . In the cultivation of science , England had ...
... became by degrees the centre of historical , philological , and archæological researches . The Académie des sciences was founded in 1666 , after the example of the Royal Society of London . In the cultivation of science , England had ...
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... became successively a clerk to a merchant , a notary , and an attorney , and finally entered the service of the Government by becoming clerk to a treasurer of what were called the parties casuelles . Thus Colbert , though subsequently a ...
... became successively a clerk to a merchant , a notary , and an attorney , and finally entered the service of the Government by becoming clerk to a treasurer of what were called the parties casuelles . Thus Colbert , though subsequently a ...
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... became still more hostile to the Imperial power , when , soon after the election of Leopold , they were united in one under the title of the Rhenish League . It must be confessed that the personal character of the Emperor ' Menzel ...
... became still more hostile to the Imperial power , when , soon after the election of Leopold , they were united in one under the title of the Rhenish League . It must be confessed that the personal character of the Emperor ' Menzel ...
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... became completely changed . Henceforth neither Emperor nor Prince of the Empire appeared in it in person , and the Imperial Assembly shrank into a mere congress of ambassadors and deputies without plenipo- tentiary authority , who ...
... became completely changed . Henceforth neither Emperor nor Prince of the Empire appeared in it in person , and the Imperial Assembly shrank into a mere congress of ambassadors and deputies without plenipo- tentiary authority , who ...
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