The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... continued to grow more oppressive , finally formed an alliance with its arch - enemy Poland . Attacked from Russia seems unfounded , and the form Borussia or Porussia , which has been adopted as the Latin appellation of the country , is ...
... continued to grow more oppressive , finally formed an alliance with its arch - enemy Poland . Attacked from Russia seems unfounded , and the form Borussia or Porussia , which has been adopted as the Latin appellation of the country , is ...
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... continued until it had removed Prussia alto- gether from the list of important states . Perhaps the general estimate of Frederick's character is unduly low owing to the fact that he was followed as well as preceded by a ruler of unusual ...
... continued until it had removed Prussia alto- gether from the list of important states . Perhaps the general estimate of Frederick's character is unduly low owing to the fact that he was followed as well as preceded by a ruler of unusual ...
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... continued , though the power now lay more in the hands of a " camarilla " or cabinet than in those of the monarch ; and the statesmen who now came to the front were singularly short - sighted and inefficient . The freedom of religion ...
... continued , though the power now lay more in the hands of a " camarilla " or cabinet than in those of the monarch ; and the statesmen who now came to the front were singularly short - sighted and inefficient . The freedom of religion ...
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... continued the reform in the con- The only concession made to the popular dition of the peasants by making them absolute owners of demand was the utterly inadequate patent of 1823 , appoint- part of their holdings , the landlords ...
... continued the reform in the con- The only concession made to the popular dition of the peasants by making them absolute owners of demand was the utterly inadequate patent of 1823 , appoint- part of their holdings , the landlords ...
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... continued attacks upon the Presbyterians led him to pub- lish his Short , Sober , Pacific Examination of Exuberances in the Common Prayer , as well as the Apology for Tender Consciences touching Not Bowing at the Name of Jesus . In 1662 ...
... continued attacks upon the Presbyterians led him to pub- lish his Short , Sober , Pacific Examination of Exuberances in the Common Prayer , as well as the Apology for Tender Consciences touching Not Bowing at the Name of Jesus . In 1662 ...
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