A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon
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Popular Delusion -- Fatal Effects of the Delusion -- Administration of Cardinal Fleury -- Cornelius Jansen -- St. Cyran -- Arnauld -- Le Maitre -- The Labors of the Port Royalists -- Principles of Jansenism -- Functions of the Parliament -- The Bull Unigenitus -- Madame de Pompadour -- The Jesuits -- Exposure of the Jesuits -- Their Expulsion from France -- Suppression in Spain -- Pope Clement XIV. -- Death of Ganganelli -- Death of Louis XV.
CHAPTER XXIII.
FREDERIC THE GREAT. (pp. 380-390.)
Frederic William -- Accession of Frederic the Great -- The Seven Years' War -- Battle of Rossbach -- Battle of Leuthen -- Fall of Dresden -- Reverses of Frederic -- Continued Disasters -- Exhaustion of Prussia by the War -- Death of Frederic -- Character of Frederic.
CHAPTER XXIV.
MARIA THERESA AND CATHARINE II. (pp. 391-401.)
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