Modern Europe, Volume 4 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 63
Page 3
... interests , and still more dif- ferent views and sentiments ; and in the great struggle , for instance , between Louis XIV . and William III . , the former monarch may in some measure be regarded as the representative of the Papacy ...
... interests , and still more dif- ferent views and sentiments ; and in the great struggle , for instance , between Louis XIV . and William III . , the former monarch may in some measure be regarded as the representative of the Papacy ...
Page 4
... interests were altogether so predominant that what little of religion seems mixed up with them was only subservient to them , and a means rather than an end . These changes were not without their effect on the intellectual condition of ...
... interests were altogether so predominant that what little of religion seems mixed up with them was only subservient to them , and a means rather than an end . These changes were not without their effect on the intellectual condition of ...
Page 9
... interests , materials were provided for constant internal dissensions , as well as for the in- troduction of foreign influence and intrigues . The same was also the case in Poland . On the other hand , in those countries where the ...
... interests , materials were provided for constant internal dissensions , as well as for the in- troduction of foreign influence and intrigues . The same was also the case in Poland . On the other hand , in those countries where the ...
Page 10
... interests of its various territorial Princes were not only separate from , but frequently hostile to , those of the general Confederation and of the Emperor . The minor States , which could not hope to make themselves important and ...
... interests of its various territorial Princes were not only separate from , but frequently hostile to , those of the general Confederation and of the Emperor . The minor States , which could not hope to make themselves important and ...
Page 31
... interests and kingly glory . It was impossible , however , that the impetus given to the human mind by the bursting of its religious bonds should be altogether arrested and destroyed . It could not be that the spirit of inquiry , when ...
... interests and kingly glory . It was impossible , however , that the impetus given to the human mind by the bursting of its religious bonds should be altogether arrested and destroyed . It could not be that the spirit of inquiry , when ...
Contents
62 | |
65 | |
72 | |
79 | |
86 | |
93 | |
99 | |
108 | |
111 | |
114 | |
150 | |
156 | |
183 | |
189 | |
201 | |
202 | |
209 | |
219 | |
330 | |
331 | |
337 | |
361 | |
364 | |
376 | |
385 | |
396 | |
404 | |
419 | |
426 | |
431 | |
438 | |
473 | |
481 | |
495 | |
499 | |
505 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceded Alberoni alliance allies Ambassador army Assembly attack August Austrian Bavaria Bohemia Britain Cabinet campaign Catharine caused CHAP Charles Charles VI command compelled concluded Convention Count Crown death declared despatched Diet dominions Don Carlos Duchy Duke Duke of Orleans Dutch election Elector Elector of Bavaria Elector of Saxony Elizabeth Emperor Empire Empress endeavoured England English entered Europe favour Ferdinand fleet France Frederick Frederick II French Gesch Government Grand Hanover Hist Imperial Joseph Kaunitz King of Prussia Kingdom Leopold Lorraine Louis XV March Maria Theresa Marshal Menzel Minister nations negotiations nobles obtained Paris Parma peace Peace of Passarowitz Peter Philip Polish political Porte possessions Pragmatic Sanction pretended Prince provinces Queen of Hungary reign restored Revolution Royal Russian Sardinia Saxony September Silesia Sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish Bourbons Stadholder Stanislaus States-General success Sweden throne tion took treaty troops Turkish Turks Wallachia Wenck
Popular passages
Page 369 - Assembly required the clergy to take an oath of fidelity to the nation, the law, and the King, and to maintain the Constitution.
Page 310 - Fontenelle was their precursor, whose long life, extending from the middle of the seventeenth to the middle of the eighteenth century, rendered him the connecting link between the literature of the two periods.
Page 18 - words of art" as he calls them, which Philemon Holland, a voluminous translator at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century...
Page 327 - I foresee, that, before the end of this century, the trade of both king and priest will not be half so good a one as it has been.