The British Quarterly Review, Volume 33Henry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1861 - Christianity |
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... withheld from previous historians , and that he alone has obtained the privilege of entering the Cabinets of Philip and Elizabeth , the tent of Parma , and the closet of NO . LXVI . U Barneveld , and of penetrating the minds of the actors.
... withheld from previous historians , and that he alone has obtained the privilege of entering the Cabinets of Philip and Elizabeth , the tent of Parma , and the closet of NO . LXVI . U Barneveld , and of penetrating the minds of the actors.
Page 288
... Parma , had never completely succumbed to their tyrant . But now the chief whose wisdom and skill had held the tottering States together , had checked dissension , and silenced opposition , was hurriedly swept away from the scene ; and ...
... Parma , had never completely succumbed to their tyrant . But now the chief whose wisdom and skill had held the tottering States together , had checked dissension , and silenced opposition , was hurriedly swept away from the scene ; and ...
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... Parma's spies and emissaries assured him that his presence among them would cause their defection . It was really only in Holland and Zeeland - ' that slight sand - hook attached to the Continent , those isles entangled in the coils of ...
... Parma's spies and emissaries assured him that his presence among them would cause their defection . It was really only in Holland and Zeeland - ' that slight sand - hook attached to the Continent , those isles entangled in the coils of ...
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... Parma's counsel . At any moment in 1584 an addition of ten or twelve thousand men to the Spanish forces in Flanders and Brabant would probably have given the Provinces to Philip ; nor is it surprising that all Europe considered their ...
... Parma's counsel . At any moment in 1584 an addition of ten or twelve thousand men to the Spanish forces in Flanders and Brabant would probably have given the Provinces to Philip ; nor is it surprising that all Europe considered their ...
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... Parma , with only eight thousand men , was left , as best he might , to conquer them . All Europe expected the blow to fall , but still the divided Republic resisted , and Philip , engaged in his great design , spent his strength and ...
... Parma , with only eight thousand men , was left , as best he might , to conquer them . All Europe expected the blow to fall , but still the divided Republic resisted , and Philip , engaged in his great design , spent his strength and ...
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