The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... king- dom is solidly Protestant , the proportion of Roman Catholics increas- ing as the eye travels east or west and reaching its maximum on the Rhine and in the Slavonic provinces . East Prussia , however , with the exception of ...
... king- dom is solidly Protestant , the proportion of Roman Catholics increas- ing as the eye travels east or west and reaching its maximum on the Rhine and in the Slavonic provinces . East Prussia , however , with the exception of ...
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... king is permitted to bring his personal influence to bear upon parliament in a way quite at variance with the English con- The annual civil list of the ception of a constitutional monarch . king of Prussia amounts to £ 600,000 . The ...
... king is permitted to bring his personal influence to bear upon parliament in a way quite at variance with the English con- The annual civil list of the ception of a constitutional monarch . king of Prussia amounts to £ 600,000 . The ...
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... king's execution , and on 5th December delivered a speech of enormous length in favour of conciliating the king , who had inflicted the most griev- ous injuries upon him and whose misgovernment he had bitterly denounced . The result was ...
... king's execution , and on 5th December delivered a speech of enormous length in favour of conciliating the king , who had inflicted the most griev- ous injuries upon him and whose misgovernment he had bitterly denounced . The result was ...
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... king's judges . It is curious , however , to find that the lessness in attacking those in power during this eventful House appointed him to carry the petition to the king in year were remarkable , and an ironical petition was circu ...
... king's judges . It is curious , however , to find that the lessness in attacking those in power during this eventful House appointed him to carry the petition to the king in year were remarkable , and an ironical petition was circu ...
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... king he held the post of secretary of war , a post which in the previous reign had been conferred upon St John , Walpole , and Granville suc- cessively , and when the committee of secrecy on the Utrecht treaty was formed the list ...
... king he held the post of secretary of war , a post which in the previous reign had been conferred upon St John , Walpole , and Granville suc- cessively , and when the committee of secrecy on the Utrecht treaty was formed the list ...
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