Letters to His Son On the Art of Becoming a Man of the World And a Gentleman, 1748
The book Letters to His Son On the Art of Becoming a Man of the World And a Gentleman, 1748 was written by author Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Here you can read free online of Letters to His Son On the Art of Becoming a Man of the World And a Gentleman, 1748 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Letters to His Son On the Art of Becoming a Man of the World And a Gentleman, 1748 a good or bad book?
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He then quitted his grand mastership and made himselfhereditary Duke of that country, which is thence called Ducal Prussia. This order now consists of twelve provinces; viz. , Alsatia, Austria, Coblentz, and Etsch, which are the four under the Prussian jurisdiction;Franconia, Hesse, Biessen, Westphalia, Lorraine, Thuringia, Saxony, andUtrecht, which eight are of the German jurisdiction. The Dutch nowpossess all that the order had in Utrecht. Every one of the provinceshave their particular Comma...nderies; and the most ancient of theseCommandeurs is called the Commandeur Provincial. These twelve Commandeursare all subordinate to the Grand Master of Germany as their chief, andhave the right of electing the grand master. The elector of Cologne is atpresent 'Grand Maitre'. This order, founded by mistaken Christian zeal, upon the anti-Christianprinciples of violence and persecution, soon grew strong by the weaknessand ignorance of the time; acquired unjustly great possessions, of whichthey justly lost the greatest part by their ambition and cruelty, whichmade them feared and hated by all their neighbors.
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