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... success of his policy - And of his arms- Battle of St. Antoine - Excesses of Condé's troops Sufferings of the Parisians - Mazarin quits France - Downfall of the Fronde - Character of the movement - Causes of its failure - Condé repairs ...
... success of his policy - And of his arms- Battle of St. Antoine - Excesses of Condé's troops Sufferings of the Parisians - Mazarin quits France - Downfall of the Fronde - Character of the movement - Causes of its failure - Condé repairs ...
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... success , even upon a nature endowed with noble qualities , and with the rarest intellectual faculties . His splendid genius , gifted with such unerring vision , so fruit- ful of rapid and daring combinations in war , seemed bewildered ...
... success , even upon a nature endowed with noble qualities , and with the rarest intellectual faculties . His splendid genius , gifted with such unerring vision , so fruit- ful of rapid and daring combinations in war , seemed bewildered ...
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... , had thrown him , and being apprised of her success , whistled carelessly , and said , " The Regent has made a good haul of the net - she has captured a fox , a monkey , and a lion . " CHAPTER II . THE bold and skilful stroke of the 31.
... , had thrown him , and being apprised of her success , whistled carelessly , and said , " The Regent has made a good haul of the net - she has captured a fox , a monkey , and a lion . " CHAPTER II . THE bold and skilful stroke of the 31.
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... success . " The Government was not equally fortunate in its attempts to avert a civil war , by seizing the persons of Condé's leading adherents then assembled in Paris . A feeling of shame , mingled perhaps with contempt , restrained ...
... success . " The Government was not equally fortunate in its attempts to avert a civil war , by seizing the persons of Condé's leading adherents then assembled in Paris . A feeling of shame , mingled perhaps with contempt , restrained ...
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... successful . At the battle of Mariendal he suffered the greatest disgrace that can befal a general , in allowing his army to be surprised , and almost annihilated by Count Mercy and John of Werth . But subsequent study and experience so ...
... successful . At the battle of Mariendal he suffered the greatest disgrace that can befal a general , in allowing his army to be surprised , and almost annihilated by Count Mercy and John of Werth . But subsequent study and experience so ...
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