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... spirit found itself master of society , from foundation to summit : when it had penetrated into the Court of Prussia , through Frederic : of Austria , through Joseph II . of France , through Turgot : of Russia , through Catherine : into ...
... spirit found itself master of society , from foundation to summit : when it had penetrated into the Court of Prussia , through Frederic : of Austria , through Joseph II . of France , through Turgot : of Russia , through Catherine : into ...
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... people , and with the spirit of the age , on precisely opposite grounds from other autocrats . He wanted to alter the administration , government educa- His tion , religious constitution , legislation , and legal proce- 12 JOSEPH II .
... people , and with the spirit of the age , on precisely opposite grounds from other autocrats . He wanted to alter the administration , government educa- His tion , religious constitution , legislation , and legal proce- 12 JOSEPH II .
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... . Catherine despised such attacks from real greatness of mind , Frederic from inbred and acquired cynicism , Joseph partly from principle , and partly in the spirit of imitation ; but , unlike his models , he JOSEPH II . 21.
... . Catherine despised such attacks from real greatness of mind , Frederic from inbred and acquired cynicism , Joseph partly from principle , and partly in the spirit of imitation ; but , unlike his models , he JOSEPH II . 21.
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... spirit of these relations in countries which became Protestant : the spirit , though not the form , almost as extensively in most of those which remained Catholic . At first the storm seemed to blow from all quarters at once , and to ...
... spirit of these relations in countries which became Protestant : the spirit , though not the form , almost as extensively in most of those which remained Catholic . At first the storm seemed to blow from all quarters at once , and to ...
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... spirit which produced it was chiefly at work in the bosom of that numerous , wealthy , and by no means unlearned , religious aristocracy which grew up under the shadow of the three spiritual Electorates , the other sovereign spiritual ...
... spirit which produced it was chiefly at work in the bosom of that numerous , wealthy , and by no means unlearned , religious aristocracy which grew up under the shadow of the three spiritual Electorates , the other sovereign spiritual ...
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