New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 104Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1855 |
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... prince , he was annoyed by hearing two English generals say that Prussia could not keep up more than 20,000 men without subsidies . He proved the falsehood of this in the first year of his reign by raising 50,000 men by his own unaided ...
... prince , he was annoyed by hearing two English generals say that Prussia could not keep up more than 20,000 men without subsidies . He proved the falsehood of this in the first year of his reign by raising 50,000 men by his own unaided ...
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... reduced his army to 40,000 men . In 1809 a commission , presided over by Prince William , was charged with the organisation of the Prussian army . So successful were its labours , that , 6 The Military Resources of Germany .
... reduced his army to 40,000 men . In 1809 a commission , presided over by Prince William , was charged with the organisation of the Prussian army . So successful were its labours , that , 6 The Military Resources of Germany .
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... Prince of Orange in consulta- tion on more occasions than one . We can easily imagine the prim and elegant diplomatist at his desk , and we can picture to ourselves , too , the uncouth young Irishman at his side acting as his amanuensis ...
... Prince of Orange in consulta- tion on more occasions than one . We can easily imagine the prim and elegant diplomatist at his desk , and we can picture to ourselves , too , the uncouth young Irishman at his side acting as his amanuensis ...
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... Prince Torlonia's villa , beyond the Porta Pia . I happened to enter a shop for some trifling purchase , and I soon learnt , from the eager questions of several persons whom I found there , that the expected enter- tainment was ...
... Prince Torlonia's villa , beyond the Porta Pia . I happened to enter a shop for some trifling purchase , and I soon learnt , from the eager questions of several persons whom I found there , that the expected enter- tainment was ...
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... prince who had no family and no friends around him ; who died , as he had lived , alone , amidst a people who loved him not , surrounded by dependants who sought their personal interests only , or by priests whose lives were as lonely ...
... prince who had no family and no friends around him ; who died , as he had lived , alone , amidst a people who loved him not , surrounded by dependants who sought their personal interests only , or by priests whose lives were as lonely ...
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