The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont: Minister Plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763, Volumen1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 - 378 páginas |
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... passing , and it became his custom to instruct them to bring about the realisation of his policy , regardless of the directions of his ministers . Louis XV . took an interest and a delight in foreign affairs , therefore to him the ...
... passing , and it became his custom to instruct them to bring about the realisation of his policy , regardless of the directions of his ministers . Louis XV . took an interest and a delight in foreign affairs , therefore to him the ...
Página ix
... as sufficient guarantee of its worth and relia- bility . As becomes a conscientious biographer , Gail- lardet allows the documents he produces to speak for themselves , without himself undertaking to pass judg- ment on.
... as sufficient guarantee of its worth and relia- bility . As becomes a conscientious biographer , Gail- lardet allows the documents he produces to speak for themselves , without himself undertaking to pass judg- ment on.
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... pass judg- ment on his subject ; a safe course adopted in the following pages , where scrupulous care is taken to authenticate all that is adduced . In his engaging work , Le Secret du Roi , ' the Duke de Broglie treats at some length ...
... pass judg- ment on his subject ; a safe course adopted in the following pages , where scrupulous care is taken to authenticate all that is adduced . In his engaging work , Le Secret du Roi , ' the Duke de Broglie treats at some length ...
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... passing under the name of Michel . The importance and delicate nature of the negotia- tions upon which Douglas was ... pass his time in closest intimacy with such Russian ministers as might be favourably disposed towards France , and ...
... passing under the name of Michel . The importance and delicate nature of the negotia- tions upon which Douglas was ... pass his time in closest intimacy with such Russian ministers as might be favourably disposed towards France , and ...
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... pass- ing at the Court of Russia ; he will not let it appear that he is in any public or private capacity , and will return immediately to make his report . A Frenchman would not answer the pur- pose . Notwithstanding the friendship ...
... pass- ing at the Court of Russia ; he will not let it appear that he is in any public or private capacity , and will return immediately to make his report . A Frenchman would not answer the pur- pose . Notwithstanding the friendship ...
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