Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 127
and the neighboring powers with the Thirty Years War;and before the peace ofWestphalia is concludedEngland is plunged intothe fiery trial of her mili-tant liberties. Contempo-raneously, the civil warsare revived in France, andthe kingdom is blighted bythe passions of Mazarin. The civil wars… … Louis XIV. The Ambition of Man 101 1697, and bleeding Europe throws off the harness andlies down like an exhausted giant to repose. In threeyears the testament of a doting Spanish king gives thesignal for the Succession War; till a cup of tea spilton Mrs. Mashams apron restores peace to the…
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