A Primary History of Britain for Elementary Schools1873 |
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... Louis XIV .; but Charles stopped the proceedings by a prorogation . This " Pension Parliament , " which had sat for eighteen years , was dissolved on the 24th of January , 1679 . The trials for the Popish Plot had now begun . Father ...
... Louis XIV .; but Charles stopped the proceedings by a prorogation . This " Pension Parliament , " which had sat for eighteen years , was dissolved on the 24th of January , 1679 . The trials for the Popish Plot had now begun . Father ...
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... Louis XIV . and the United Provinces ; and England was bound by treaty to aid the Dutch . Among the troops ordered on this service was a Scotch regiment , which mutinied at Ipswich , and marched off for Scotland . William's Dutch troops ...
... Louis XIV . and the United Provinces ; and England was bound by treaty to aid the Dutch . Among the troops ordered on this service was a Scotch regiment , which mutinied at Ipswich , and marched off for Scotland . William's Dutch troops ...
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... Louis XIV . , he found himself at the head of an Irish army ; and he proceeded at once to Dublin ( March , 1689 ) . He marched thence , and formed the memorable siege of Londonderry , which held out for 105 days , chiefly through the ...
... Louis XIV . , he found himself at the head of an Irish army ; and he proceeded at once to Dublin ( March , 1689 ) . He marched thence , and formed the memorable siege of Londonderry , which held out for 105 days , chiefly through the ...
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... Louis XIV . For this purpose , as well as from love of his native land , he spent a large part of almost every year of his reign in the Netherlands . His first return to Holland was in January , 1691 , to preside over a Congress of the ...
... Louis XIV . For this purpose , as well as from love of his native land , he spent a large part of almost every year of his reign in the Netherlands . His first return to Holland was in January , 1691 , to preside over a Congress of the ...
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William Smith. CHAP . XXXI . League against Louis XIV . 243 generally regarded as the foundation of our NATIONAL DEBT ( 1693 ) . Next year the expenses of the war required a new loan ; to supply which the BANK OF ENGLAND was founded ...
William Smith. CHAP . XXXI . League against Louis XIV . 243 generally regarded as the foundation of our NATIONAL DEBT ( 1693 ) . Next year the expenses of the war required a new loan ; to supply which the BANK OF ENGLAND was founded ...
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