ISBN: 9781230015569

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 154 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: . . . a circumstance that makes him the most excusable of all conquerors. Sweden, on the contrary, despoiled of almost all her foreign provinces, had neither commerce, money, nor credit. Her veteran troops, which were formerly so formidable, had-either fallen in battle, or perished of hunger. Upwards of a hundred thousand Swedes were slaves in the vast dominions of the czar; and nearly the same number had been sold to the Turks and Tartars. The human species seemed visibly to decline in the country, but the 304 History of Charles XII. kings arrival at Stralsund inspired them with fresh hopes. The respect and admiration which they had formerly entertained for his sacred person, were still so strongly rivetted in the minds of his subjects, that the youths came from the country in crowds and voluntarily offered to enlist, though there were not a sufficient number of hands left to cultivate the lands. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE VIII. DEATH or CHARLES XII. . . . 5 ADDENDA: LETTER TO IVIARSHAL SCI-IULENBURG. 53 LETTER TO Cl-IAPLAIN NORBERG. . 59 RELIGIOUS AND ECCLESIASTICAL MOVEMENTS: Tiii: COUNCIL or TRENT. . 67 ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. 9o CALVINISM. . . . . . 107 JANSENISM. . . . : 41 QUIETISM. . . 179 Tm: Ji, : ws. . . . . 193 REMARKS on PAscALs TnouGrrrs. an ON PRINTED LIES. . . . 265 LIST OF PLATES PART II PAGE CATILINE AND AUiu: i. n. . Frontzkpiae RELIGIOUS DISPUTES STAINED T1-IE Kmonoin WITH Bi. oon. . . . . . 86 HISTORY or CHARLES THE TWELFTH. A DISCOURSE on THE Hrsroav or CHARLES XII. (Prefixed to the First Edition. ) VOLUME IL CHAPTER VIII. Charles gives his sister in marriage to the Prince of Hesse: is besieged in Stralsund, and escapes to Sweden. Schemes of Baron de Gortz, his prime minister. Plan of a reconciliation with the czar, and. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

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