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The History of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, Surnamed the Great: To Which Is Prefixed an Essay on the Military State of Europe; Containing the Manners and Customs in the Early Part of the Seventeenth Century (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Now as part of the commifiion I was entrufised with in duced me to renew my acquaintance with the modern hifiory of other nations, I applied myfelf a fecond time to an undertaking that had been fug cited to me in the earlier parts of life, by my firft friend anglproteétor the late earl of peterborough, and which then declined, merely' through deficiency of materials, and from want of that intercourfe with learned hifiorians of other nations, which it has, fince, been my good fortune to acquire and cul tivate. For thefe reafons I have réfumed the hiftory of Gufiavus Adolphus more properly than undertaken it; and far from wanting materials, had rather more materials than I could make ufe of.
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- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 0282117520
- ISBN 13 9780282117528
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages394
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