The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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... Succession in Spain " ( " Essays , " vol . ii . , 1898 ) . [ T. S. ] 1 Richard Ingoldsby entered the army in 1667 , and became lieutenant- general in 1704. He fought under William III . and Marlborough . He was a Lord Justice of Ireland ...
... Succession in Spain " ( " Essays , " vol . ii . , 1898 ) . [ T. S. ] 1 Richard Ingoldsby entered the army in 1667 , and became lieutenant- general in 1704. He fought under William III . and Marlborough . He was a Lord Justice of Ireland ...
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... succession . After the Peace of Ryswick William III . and Louis XIV . attempted to settle this question by a partition of the Spanish possessions , which , without any reference either to Charles of Spain or Leopold of Austria , gave ...
... succession . After the Peace of Ryswick William III . and Louis XIV . attempted to settle this question by a partition of the Spanish possessions , which , without any reference either to Charles of Spain or Leopold of Austria , gave ...
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... succession to that monarchy as a subject of quarrel ; but the French king's governing it as if it were his own ; his seizing Cadiz , Milan , and the Spanish Low Countries , with the indignity of proclaiming the Pretender . In all which ...
... succession to that monarchy as a subject of quarrel ; but the French king's governing it as if it were his own ; his seizing Cadiz , Milan , and the Spanish Low Countries , with the indignity of proclaiming the Pretender . In all which ...
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... succession ; and by the other , not to treat of a peace till France acknowledges the Queen and the succession of Hanover , and promises to remove the Pretender out of his dominions . As to the first of these , it is certainly for the ...
... succession ; and by the other , not to treat of a peace till France acknowledges the Queen and the succession of Hanover , and promises to remove the Pretender out of his dominions . As to the first of these , it is certainly for the ...
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... succession by way of guarantee ; but only to acknowledge it . Other- wise we put it out of the power of our own legislature to change our succession , without the consent of that prince or state who is guarantee , how much soever the ...
... succession by way of guarantee ; but only to acknowledge it . Other- wise we put it out of the power of our own legislature to change our succession , without the consent of that prince or state who is guarantee , how much soever the ...
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Page 182 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?