 | Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - 1829 - 442 Seiten
...seemed to forebode its overthrow. But never has destiny made more cruel mockery of political skill. Many, who imagined themselves strong, lay in the dust...followed by those great convulsions of states, which give the ensuing period a character, so different from the former. The contemporary world, which lived... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1872 - 264 Seiten
...Frederic William II., Menzel, vol. iii. ch. ccxxxix. from the ttcatf) of JFrctttrtr tlje (Srcat; 1786. 'Though the death of Frederic the Great was not an...was, however, immediately followed by those great convulsion? of States which gave the ensuing period a character so different from the foimer. The contemporary... | |
 | Augustus J. Thébaud - 1878 - 574 Seiten
...reign of Frederick the Great, in Prussia, was " immediately followed by those great convulsions in states, which gave the ensuing period a character...lived in it, calls it the revolutionary ; but it is yet too early to decide by what name it will be denoted by posterity, after the lapse of a century."... | |
 | Augustus J. Thébaud - 1878 - 612 Seiten
...reign of Frederick the Great, in Prussia, was " immediately followed by those great convulsions in states, which gave the ensuing period a character...lived in it, calls it the revolutionary ; but it is yet too early to decide by what name it will be denoted by posterity, after the lapse of a century."... | |
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EUROPE. 1786 1820. 1. THOUGH the death of Frederic the Great was not an event that constituted a general epoch, it was, however, immediately followed by those great convulsions of states, which gave the ensuing period a character so different from the... 