Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford, Том 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816 |
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... Italy . It was the view of the French to extend it to the other parts of the Austrian dominions , with the hopes of making conquests on the side of Germany , and the Low Countries . When the two nations were actuated with such ...
... Italy . It was the view of the French to extend it to the other parts of the Austrian dominions , with the hopes of making conquests on the side of Germany , and the Low Countries . When the two nations were actuated with such ...
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... Italy , would have excluded them from that country , might have been ob tained by trifling sacrifices . But the emperor had , either from his usual dilatoriness , or from an unwillingness to cede any portion of the Milanese , declined ...
... Italy , would have excluded them from that country , might have been ob tained by trifling sacrifices . But the emperor had , either from his usual dilatoriness , or from an unwillingness to cede any portion of the Milanese , declined ...
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... Italy , was threatened with a siege , and unable to hold out for any length of time . In Germany , the Imperial forces , though commanded by Eugene , were too in- ferior to resist the operations of the French ; the 182 [ PERIOD 6 ...
... Italy , was threatened with a siege , and unable to hold out for any length of time . In Germany , the Imperial forces , though commanded by Eugene , were too in- ferior to resist the operations of the French ; the 182 [ PERIOD 6 ...
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... Italy , and be inclined to turn his attention to some expedient for an accommodation . " With this view , Horace Walpole , with the pri- vate approbation of his brother , employed the in- tervention of his friend at Paris , and finally ...
... Italy , and be inclined to turn his attention to some expedient for an accommodation . " With this view , Horace Walpole , with the pri- vate approbation of his brother , employed the in- tervention of his friend at Paris , and finally ...
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... Italy than before the rupture . He also hinted at the danger of disobliging Spain , and of compelling her to enter into a separate accommodation with the Emperor . To these objections , Horace Walpole answered with such address and ...
... Italy than before the rupture . He also hinted at the danger of disobliging Spain , and of compelling her to enter into a separate accommodation with the Emperor . To these objections , Horace Walpole answered with such address and ...
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