A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library (1905) (14761333531)

Identifier: historyofallnati18wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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n allthat was reputed liberal. All suppressed abuses were again restored;and the savage chiefs of the army of faith, the dregs of the pop-ulation, stepped into the pay of the state under the name of royalvolunteers; and, as such, for ten years they scourged the land byfearful excesses and in the service of the wildest fanaticism. Un-able to stem the stream, Ang-ouleme returned to France. If Ferdi-nand afterwards drew the reins somewhat upon the Apostolicals, itseemed to be only because their ascendency had begun to be bui-den-some to him. It being no secret to him that the Apostolicals weredirecting their eyes to his brother, the Infant Don Carlos, he soughtby a dexterous balancing of parties to keep this dangerous elementamiable. The fall of the Spanish constitution drew after it that of thePortuguese; since the Infant Dom Miguel, in concert with hismother Carlotta, the wicked sister of Ferdinand VII., raised thestandard of revolt. The troops turned to him, and proclaimed him <J0.
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