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Commoners in the French Parlement

This is the second half of Third Estate Joins French Parlementour selection from Historie de France by Henri Martin published in 1836.For works

This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Pope Versus King.IntroductionAt the commencement of the fourteenth

At length they entered the Gulf of Mexico, that forbidden sea whence by a Spanish decree, dating from the reign of Philip II., all foreigners were

Unless we assume that his scheme of invading Mexico was thrown out as a bait to the King, it is hard to reconcile it with the supposition of mental

He had asked for two vessels, and four were given to him.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project presenting the

Today's installment concludes Franch Takes Algiers,our selection from The Tricolor on the Atlas: or, Algeria and the French Conquest by Francis

This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Barbary Pirate King Goes Too Far.IntroductionBy the capture of

He now proposes to return by way of the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi to the countries he has discovered.Previously in The

Calvin Driven From Paris to Geneva,the name of our combined selection from A. M. Fairbairn and Jean M. V. Audin. The concluding installment, by Jean