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... Causes of the Armed Neu- ( 1759 ) . 262 trality . 282 Proceedings against them in France • 263 • Rupture between England and Holland 283 Banished from Spain 264 1781. Naval War . . 284 Universal Persecution of the War in America Society ...
... Causes of the Armed Neu- ( 1759 ) . 262 trality . 282 Proceedings against them in France • 263 • Rupture between England and Holland 283 Banished from Spain 264 1781. Naval War . . 284 Universal Persecution of the War in America Society ...
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... causes which produced the Refor- mation had set all the elements of thought in motion , had given rise to bold and ... caused the period to be called the AGE OF LOUIS XIV . Its influence survived the reign of that Monarch , and gave a ...
... causes which produced the Refor- mation had set all the elements of thought in motion , had given rise to bold and ... caused the period to be called the AGE OF LOUIS XIV . Its influence survived the reign of that Monarch , and gave a ...
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... caused its general diffusion in Europe . The Courts of Austria and Spain were shackled by a cold and formal etiquette , destructive of all wit , taste , and fancy . The only Court which approached the French was that of England under ...
... caused its general diffusion in Europe . The Courts of Austria and Spain were shackled by a cold and formal etiquette , destructive of all wit , taste , and fancy . The only Court which approached the French was that of England under ...
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... causes of that event . If royal patronage can give a tone to works of imagination , it can still more directly assist the researches of learning and science . The King , in person , declared himself the protector of the Aca- démie ...
... causes of that event . If royal patronage can give a tone to works of imagination , it can still more directly assist the researches of learning and science . The King , in person , declared himself the protector of the Aca- démie ...
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... causing the canal of Languedoc to be dug , which connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic . He also formed the scheme of the canal of Burgundy . He caused Marseilles and Dunkirk to be declared free ports , and CHAP . XLII ...
... causing the canal of Languedoc to be dug , which connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic . He also formed the scheme of the canal of Burgundy . He caused Marseilles and Dunkirk to be declared free ports , and CHAP . XLII ...
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