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Page 198
... wanted to have an agent there who could accomplish more than the regular Union envoy , Joachimi , who now was nearly ninety years of age , and whose hands , as we have seen , were tied by the States - General . Then , Holland wanted ...
... wanted to have an agent there who could accomplish more than the regular Union envoy , Joachimi , who now was nearly ninety years of age , and whose hands , as we have seen , were tied by the States - General . Then , Holland wanted ...
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... wanted . Restoring it , preserving it , is what they were out for . quoted Groen to the effect that the stadholderless regime was itself a departure from " the constitutional make - up of the Com- monwealth . " And hear De Pater : The ...
... wanted . Restoring it , preserving it , is what they were out for . quoted Groen to the effect that the stadholderless regime was itself a departure from " the constitutional make - up of the Com- monwealth . " And hear De Pater : The ...
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... wanted to dis- solve Prussia into a liberalized , or even radicalized , Germany . All he wanted was to serve the state and the King of Prussia . He was as little satisfied with the German Confederation as were the enthusiasts for German ...
... wanted to dis- solve Prussia into a liberalized , or even radicalized , Germany . All he wanted was to serve the state and the King of Prussia . He was as little satisfied with the German Confederation as were the enthusiasts for German ...
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II | 51 |
FRENCH HISTORIANS FOR AND AGAINST THE REVOLUTION | 87 |
MOTLEY AND HIS RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC | 145 |
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