Encyclopædia Americana, Volume 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Blanchard and Lea, 1857 |
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... king gave him the office of censor of the police , a yearly pension of 1000 francs , and an appointment in the library . Thus freed from anxiety , he finished his Catiline , which was represented , at the king's ex- pense , in 1749 ...
... king gave him the office of censor of the police , a yearly pension of 1000 francs , and an appointment in the library . Thus freed from anxiety , he finished his Catiline , which was represented , at the king's ex- pense , in 1749 ...
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... king of France . Pope Pius V and the king of France ( Charles IX ) loaded him with honors and favors . The massacre of St. Bartholomew ( 1572 ) , the preparations for which had been carefully concealed from Crillon , was loudly ...
... king of France . Pope Pius V and the king of France ( Charles IX ) loaded him with honors and favors . The massacre of St. Bartholomew ( 1572 ) , the preparations for which had been carefully concealed from Crillon , was loudly ...
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... king wished to reign without a par- liament , and the arbitrary manner in which he imposed taxes , assisted by the prevail- ing religious feeling and sectarian ani- mosity , inflamed the passions of men , and urged them into political ...
... king wished to reign without a par- liament , and the arbitrary manner in which he imposed taxes , assisted by the prevail- ing religious feeling and sectarian ani- mosity , inflamed the passions of men , and urged them into political ...
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... king was routed with great loss . Crom- well got possession of the correspondence of Charles I with the queen , from which the parliament published all the passages which would injure the king and queen in public opinion . After this ...
... king was routed with great loss . Crom- well got possession of the correspondence of Charles I with the queen , from which the parliament published all the passages which would injure the king and queen in public opinion . After this ...
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... king from Holmby , and delivered him into the hands of the army . Cromwell seems at this time to have contemplated the restor- ation of the king . But he was convinced , on a nearer view of the fanatical spirit that reigned in the army ...
... king from Holmby , and delivered him into the hands of the army . Cromwell seems at this time to have contemplated the restor- ation of the king . But he was convinced , on a nearer view of the fanatical spirit that reigned in the army ...
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