The Modern Part of an Universal History: From the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 31S. Richardson, ... [et. al.], 1761 - World history |
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... moft fingular reverfes of fortune . The extraordinary revolutions , the complex form of the eftablifhed government , the opulence , commerce , artificial beauty , and other peculiarities of this country , as well as the induftry ...
... moft fingular reverfes of fortune . The extraordinary revolutions , the complex form of the eftablifhed government , the opulence , commerce , artificial beauty , and other peculiarities of this country , as well as the induftry ...
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... moft conducive to her intereft ; but with this exprefs provifo , that no man fhould be oppreffed on account of his particular tenets , and that all fhould remain free and unre- ftrained in points of confcience . It is true , the ...
... moft conducive to her intereft ; but with this exprefs provifo , that no man fhould be oppreffed on account of his particular tenets , and that all fhould remain free and unre- ftrained in points of confcience . It is true , the ...
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... moft attachment and fidelity . Nothing could be more fpi- rited and vigorous than the whole feries of his adminiftration ; but he was at length obliged to yield to the irresistible power of the emperor Charles V. by which means ...
... moft attachment and fidelity . Nothing could be more fpi- rited and vigorous than the whole feries of his adminiftration ; but he was at length obliged to yield to the irresistible power of the emperor Charles V. by which means ...
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... moft profligate could purchase future felicity by founding a convent , or adding a few acres to the ecclefiaftical domain P. A. D. 696 . ; The first bishops of Utrecht laboured affiduoufly in the vineyard of falvation ; their industry ...
... moft profligate could purchase future felicity by founding a convent , or adding a few acres to the ecclefiaftical domain P. A. D. 696 . ; The first bishops of Utrecht laboured affiduoufly in the vineyard of falvation ; their industry ...
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... moft hiftorians relate , that on the decline of the Roman empire , they fell under the dominion of the Francs . Adalgife , who is confidered as the firft Chriftian king of Frifeland , refufed to pay the Francs homage ; a war enfued ...
... moft hiftorians relate , that on the decline of the Roman empire , they fell under the dominion of the Francs . Adalgife , who is confidered as the firft Chriftian king of Frifeland , refufed to pay the Francs homage ; a war enfued ...
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