The History of England, Volume 21Printed, by assignment from Mr. Knapton, for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Robinson, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Ward, R. Baldwin, W. Owen, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, P. Davey and B. Law, T. Longman, T. Caslon, S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, M. Cooper, and C. Ware., 1759 - Great Britain |
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... queen of Hungary , therefore , could not help interefting herself in the fate of the princefs Anne , late regent of Ruffia , the prince of Brunswick her husband , and their children , then confined in Fort Dundamond by order of the ...
... queen of Hungary , therefore , could not help interefting herself in the fate of the princefs Anne , late regent of Ruffia , the prince of Brunswick her husband , and their children , then confined in Fort Dundamond by order of the ...
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... queen of Hungary had been evacuated by her enemies , and that the powerful ar- mies which had marched to her affiftance , had been obliged to retire out of the empire . " In this conjuncture , faid his King's majefty , it is a great ...
... queen of Hungary had been evacuated by her enemies , and that the powerful ar- mies which had marched to her affiftance , had been obliged to retire out of the empire . " In this conjuncture , faid his King's majefty , it is a great ...
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... queen of Hun- gary , and as they had come too late to the allied army to perform any material service ; but above all , as it never had been doubted by those who were moft forward in fupporting the house of Auftria , that the States ...
... queen of Hun- gary , and as they had come too late to the allied army to perform any material service ; but above all , as it never had been doubted by those who were moft forward in fupporting the house of Auftria , that the States ...
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... queen of Hun- gary ; we are not furprized that our conduct in this respect , should have drawn upon us the refent- ment of the French king , who has found his ambitious views , in a great measure , disappointed by the affiftance we have ...
... queen of Hun- gary ; we are not furprized that our conduct in this respect , should have drawn upon us the refent- ment of the French king , who has found his ambitious views , in a great measure , disappointed by the affiftance we have ...
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... queen Anne , intitled , An act for im- proving an union of the two crowns , a claufe was inserted , " That after the decease of the pretender , and at the end of three years after the fucceffion to the crown , on the demife of the queen ...
... queen Anne , intitled , An act for im- proving an union of the two crowns , a claufe was inserted , " That after the decease of the pretender , and at the end of three years after the fucceffion to the crown , on the demife of the queen ...
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Page 189 - But will the world, or any one man of sense in it, infer from thence that he inclines to be a tributary prince rather than an independent monarch ? Who has the better chance to be independent on foreign powers? He who, with the aid of his own subjects, can wrest the...