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Thomas Henry Dyer. A.D. OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . 1738. Augustus III . established Page 71 A.D. Retrospect of Russian History . 72 Peter attacks Persia . His Death ( 1725 ) . 73 Account of his son Alexis Reign of Catherine I. 74 Peter II ...
Thomas Henry Dyer. A.D. OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . 1738. Augustus III . established Page 71 A.D. Retrospect of Russian History . 72 Peter attacks Persia . His Death ( 1725 ) . 73 Account of his son Alexis Reign of Catherine I. 74 Peter II ...
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... established a sort of equality among the wearers . All these regulations tended to produce a mutual affability between the different classes , which spread from the Court through the nation , and produced a universal politeness . Hence ...
... established a sort of equality among the wearers . All these regulations tended to produce a mutual affability between the different classes , which spread from the Court through the nation , and produced a universal politeness . Hence ...
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... established large marine arsenals at Brest , Toulon , Havre , and Dunkirk ; while , by the care which he bestowed upon the fleet , France was never more formidable at sea than at this period . His commercial system , however , though ...
... established large marine arsenals at Brest , Toulon , Havre , and Dunkirk ; while , by the care which he bestowed upon the fleet , France was never more formidable at sea than at this period . His commercial system , however , though ...
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... established yet even this limited promise appears not to have been fulfilled.1 At the same time , while most of the principal towns of Spain had lost the greater part of their trade , with a corresponding decay in their population ...
... established yet even this limited promise appears not to have been fulfilled.1 At the same time , while most of the principal towns of Spain had lost the greater part of their trade , with a corresponding decay in their population ...
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... established with Spain ; but on the accession of Richelieu to power , Henry's anti - Austrian policy , though not his extravagant scheme , was renewed , and was continued , as already related , by Mazarin . We are thus brought down to ...
... established with Spain ; but on the accession of Richelieu to power , Henry's anti - Austrian policy , though not his extravagant scheme , was renewed , and was continued , as already related , by Mazarin . We are thus brought down to ...
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