The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, 3. cilt

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Longman, Brown, 1842
 

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Charles defeats the forces of the king of Poland 1703 at Pultusk
56
Louis gives good advice to the reformers
75
The queen of England agrees to a suspension of arms
78
LETTER XXIV
85
invested with the command of the army
92
After being stabbed by Damien he accommodates matters with the par
93
The Tories in general inclined to Jacobitism
96
All their effects are confiscated and they are expelled from France
102
ibid
110
The czar advances to its relief
112
He forms an alliance with Demetrius Cantemir prince of Moldavia
114
His camp is forced
122
Character of Helvetius
126
the influence of the Swedish monarch
128
His Persian expedition
135
A D
136
Immense circulation of paper
142
Death and character of the duke of Orléans
148
He builds the city of Petersburg which he makes the seat of his court
153
Case of John Wilkes
157
The death of the king of Poland gives rise to a new continental
163
He takes PortoBello and finds in it a rich booty ibid
166
PAGE
170
Captures a rich galleon
179
Consternation of the court of France
180
And elected emperor at Frankfort under the title of Charles VII ibid
187
The king of Spain attempts to make himself master of the Austrian
193
Her haughty behaviour and ambitious claims rouse the jealousy of
201
PAGE
209
LETTER XXIX
216
Battle of Frauenstadt
231
The rebels make themselves masters of the town of Stirling and invest
235
Barbarity of the royal army in the Highlands
241
Death and character of Philip V
247
PAGE
249
Character of Swift Bolingbroke Chesterfield and Johnson as prose
258
Naval transactions
259
Accession and marriage of Christian VII
260
Disgrace of Ensenada his prime minister ibid
267
And in India
268
Is besieged in the place
269
ibid
279
LETTER III
281
A fleet sent to the relief of Minorca under admiral Byng
285
That general retires and the king enters Dresden in triumph
345
Death and character of the count de Gisors
350
General Barrington changes the plan of operations and Guadaloupe
351
Louis having in vain courted the alliance of the northern conqueror
352
by assault
355
Great strength of the French in Canada
363
His terms though equitable are rejected
365
Expedition against Quebec under the conduct of general Wolfe
369
Death of general Wolfe
375
Admiral Hawke defeats the grand French fleet and destroys great part
381
PAGE
382
LETTER XXXV
398
PAGE
401
Definitive treaty signed at Paris Feb
433
Religious disputes
437
State of society in Russia
441
Character of Thomson
458
Great national prosperity
464
It contributes to the advancement of agriculture as well as to rural elegance
473
FROM THE PEACE OF PARIS IN 1763 TO THE TREATY
477
Who are exiled from Spain ibid
484
Case of the duke dAiguillon
490
Louis prevails on pope Ganganelli to dissolve the order of Jesuits
496
The Scots dissatisfied
503
Farther victories grace the Russian arms
522
PAGE
529
Continuance of disorder in Poland
537
History of Great Britain including an Account of the American War with
552
Commencement of the reign of Louis XVI of France
567
The French openly encourage the Americans
568
The czarina also counteracts the aims of the emperor
575
LETTER VI
585
LETTER VII
599
Change of administration in Denmark
626
The statesgeneral meet at Versailles
632
Necker is reinstated in the cabinet
638
ibid
653
Death of Louis 501
658
Rise of Brissot
660
The question of guilt is debated ibid
681
LETTER X
693
The commons reject the fortification schemes of the duke of Richmond
698
Dispute with Spain
705

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BaşlıkThe History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, 3. cilt
The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, William Russell
YazarWilliam Russell
YayıncıLongman, Brown, 1842
Orijinalin kaynağı:Columbia Üniversitesi
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