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... French and German monarchies . Spain , at this time , contained several petty kingdoms ; and some of the Italian republics in the ninth and tenth centuries ac 1 quired permanence and a regular form of govern- ment A2 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
... French and German monarchies . Spain , at this time , contained several petty kingdoms ; and some of the Italian republics in the ninth and tenth centuries ac 1 quired permanence and a regular form of govern- ment A2 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
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... Spain , and commissioned to go and seek for the new world in the western ocean . Braving the dangers of an unknown sea , and the mutinies of his more bois- terous and tempestuous sailors , he performed the ad- venturous voyage , and ...
... Spain , and commissioned to go and seek for the new world in the western ocean . Braving the dangers of an unknown sea , and the mutinies of his more bois- terous and tempestuous sailors , he performed the ad- venturous voyage , and ...
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... Spain . But the affairs of Spain were very little connected with the affairs of Europe in general , till a little before the reign of Charles V. But that powerful monarch , inheriting Spain in the right of his mother , and Germany in ...
... Spain . But the affairs of Spain were very little connected with the affairs of Europe in general , till a little before the reign of Charles V. But that powerful monarch , inheriting Spain in the right of his mother , and Germany in ...
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... Spain , as the duke of Coventry bluntly told queen Elizabeth , had got the wrong sow by the ear . That illustrious queen found means to ward off the impending danger , and with an almost bloodless vic- tory on her part , saw the ...
... Spain , as the duke of Coventry bluntly told queen Elizabeth , had got the wrong sow by the ear . That illustrious queen found means to ward off the impending danger , and with an almost bloodless vic- tory on her part , saw the ...
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... Spain , was exterminated by Charles V. and Philip II . And their successors , though among the feeblest of princes , reigned and tyrannized at pleasure . When , by the policy of Lewis XIV . the crown of Spain was trans- ferred to the ...
... Spain , was exterminated by Charles V. and Philip II . And their successors , though among the feeblest of princes , reigned and tyrannized at pleasure . When , by the policy of Lewis XIV . the crown of Spain was trans- ferred to the ...
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