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... took part in the war , or by their plenipotentiaries who negotiated the peace . The former were actuated by various motives , and certainly not by any regard to the political balance ; while the treaties afford no evidence that its ...
... took part in the war , or by their plenipotentiaries who negotiated the peace . The former were actuated by various motives , and certainly not by any regard to the political balance ; while the treaties afford no evidence that its ...
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... took her proper station as one of the arbiters of Europe only in the reign of William III . Nor was it till about the same period that the strength of Prussia and Russia began to be de- veloped , and to complete the balance . The League ...
... took her proper station as one of the arbiters of Europe only in the reign of William III . Nor was it till about the same period that the strength of Prussia and Russia began to be de- veloped , and to complete the balance . The League ...
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... took place either in the French or English settlements till after the fall of the Mogul Empire . The French had taken possession , in 1690 , of the Isle of France , and in 1720 of the Isle of Bourbon , both which places had been ...
... took place either in the French or English settlements till after the fall of the Mogul Empire . The French had taken possession , in 1690 , of the Isle of France , and in 1720 of the Isle of Bourbon , both which places had been ...
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... took its rise in the seventeenth century with Hobbes , Shaftesbury , Tindal , Bolingbroke , and others ; and hence was derived the French sceptical philosophy which produced the Revolution . 1 See Bausset , Vie de Fénelon , t . ii . and ...
... took its rise in the seventeenth century with Hobbes , Shaftesbury , Tindal , Bolingbroke , and others ; and hence was derived the French sceptical philosophy which produced the Revolution . 1 See Bausset , Vie de Fénelon , t . ii . and ...
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... took the title of the Chevalier du Bois , and with the assistance of St. Evremont made some distinguished acquaintances . That of Lord Stanhope in particular afterwards became the source of his extra- ordinary political fortune . On the ...
... took the title of the Chevalier du Bois , and with the assistance of St. Evremont made some distinguished acquaintances . That of Lord Stanhope in particular afterwards became the source of his extra- ordinary political fortune . On the ...
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