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... Election of Stanislaus 1735. Charles III . King of the Two and Frederick Augustus as King of Poland . • The latter proclaimed as Au- gustus III . The French abandon Stanis- laus . 63 65 66 39 Sicilies . Campaign in N. Italy 1738. Third ...
... Election of Stanislaus 1735. Charles III . King of the Two and Frederick Augustus as King of Poland . • The latter proclaimed as Au- gustus III . The French abandon Stanis- laus . 63 65 66 39 Sicilies . Campaign in N. Italy 1738. Third ...
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... Election and Pays d'Etat Inequality of Taxation Centralization 304 Degradation of the Monarchy . . 327 305 Effect of the American Revolution . 328 306 Of the Deficit 329 . 307 Importance of the doubling of the Physiocrats . Economists ...
... Election and Pays d'Etat Inequality of Taxation Centralization 304 Degradation of the Monarchy . . 327 305 Effect of the American Revolution . 328 306 Of the Deficit 329 . 307 Importance of the doubling of the Physiocrats . Economists ...
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... 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 , Neuere Gesch . der Deutschen , B. iv . S. 324 . CHAP . XLII . ] DECLINE OF ...
... 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 , Neuere Gesch . der Deutschen , B. iv . S. 324 . CHAP . XLII . ] DECLINE OF ...
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... election ; doubtless , of much the same sort as was now to be accorded to the unhappy Poles . The Empress promised to support the election of Frederick Augustus in Poland not only by negotiation and money , but also by arms , " so far ...
... election ; doubtless , of much the same sort as was now to be accorded to the unhappy Poles . The Empress promised to support the election of Frederick Augustus in Poland not only by negotiation and money , but also by arms , " so far ...
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... election of a person devoted to it as Marshal of the Diet . Yet , during the whole reign of Augustus II . there was but one Diet which lasted . This cannot be otherwise , since a single deputy can interrupt their deliberations . It is ...
... election of a person devoted to it as Marshal of the Diet . Yet , during the whole reign of Augustus II . there was but one Diet which lasted . This cannot be otherwise , since a single deputy can interrupt their deliberations . It is ...
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