The Busy Man's Hand-Book

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CHAPTER XIX

5 pages in this part of The Busy Man's Hand-Book.

CHAPTER XIX

From the Accession of the Empress Theresa, of Austria, to the Peace of Aix-la- Chapelle.

CHAPTER XIX: Charles

The elector, however, had the gratification, on retiring into Bohemia, to take the city of Prague; and having been crowned king of…

CHAPTER XIX: Flanders

England had now become a principal in the war; and the united British, Hanoverian and Austrian forces marched from Flanders towards…

CHAPTER XIX: Jacobites

In England the fatal battle of Fontenoy dissapointed the expectations of the people, and produced great irritation in the public mind…

CHAPTER XIX: Peter

We brought our notice of Russia down to the death of Peter II. in 1730. When that occurred, a council of the nobles placed on the throne…

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