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... soon after the Peace of Westphalia , and under the pre- text of maintaining its provisions . These Leagues became still more hostile to the Imperial power , when , soon after the election of Leopold , they were united in one under the ...
... soon after the Peace of Westphalia , and under the pre- text of maintaining its provisions . These Leagues became still more hostile to the Imperial power , when , soon after the election of Leopold , they were united in one under the ...
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... soon after the Peace of West- phalia , flung his sword into the French scale ; and the two suc- ceeding Stuarts , the pensioners of Louis , seldom ventured to dispute his behests . It was not till the accession of William III . that ...
... soon after the Peace of West- phalia , flung his sword into the French scale ; and the two suc- ceeding Stuarts , the pensioners of Louis , seldom ventured to dispute his behests . It was not till the accession of William III . that ...
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... soon became a text - book in foreign universities , though its pro- gress was slow in England . Gustavus Adolphus is said to have slept with a copy of it under his pillow . It was not , however , till after the Peace of Westphalia that ...
... soon became a text - book in foreign universities , though its pro- gress was slow in England . Gustavus Adolphus is said to have slept with a copy of it under his pillow . It was not , however , till after the Peace of Westphalia that ...
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... Soon afterwards tobacco began to be cultivated , negro slaves were in- troduced , the colony gradually increased in numbers , and extended its settlements to the banks of the Rappahannock and the Potomac . Yet , in 1624 , when the ...
... Soon afterwards tobacco began to be cultivated , negro slaves were in- troduced , the colony gradually increased in numbers , and extended its settlements to the banks of the Rappahannock and the Potomac . Yet , in 1624 , when the ...
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... soon wonderfully increased , and they spread themselves in most parts of the world . Count Zinzendorf died in 1760 , at Herrnhut , which is still a flourishing little town . Of the sects which sprung up in the Roman Catholic Church ...
... soon wonderfully increased , and they spread themselves in most parts of the world . Count Zinzendorf died in 1760 , at Herrnhut , which is still a flourishing little town . Of the sects which sprung up in the Roman Catholic Church ...
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