Side lights on English history; . all the streets of Paristhe mocking song, Marlbrough senva-t-en guerre! At all events Mal-plaquet practically finished the was on the verge of bankruptcy,and the few engagements that stilltook place were but a sort of com-mentary on the long negotiations forpeace. That these negotiations lasted as longas thev did was largely the fault ofMarll)orough ; the whig party lived bywar, and to it the great general was notabove catering. And now a new eventoccurred that changed the whole aspectof affairs and acted like an explosivein sundering the Austrian a
Side lights on English history; . all the streets of Paristhe mocking song, Marlbrough senva-t-en guerre! At all events Mal-plaquet practically finished the was on the verge of bankruptcy,and the few engagements that stilltook place were but a sort of com-mentary on the long negotiations forpeace. That these negotiations lasted as longas thev did was largely the fault ofMarll)orough ; the whig party lived bywar, and to it the great general was notabove catering. And now a new eventoccurred that changed the whole aspectof affairs and acted like an explosivein sundering the Austrian and Englishinterests. In April, 1711, died theyoung Emperor Joseph; Charles IIIwas now unexpectedly heir to theAustrian possessions and the sure can-didate for the imperial tiirone. A newworld monarchy, like that of CharlesV, seemed on the point of spectre was as frightful to Englandand Holland as had ever been thegrandeur of Louis XIV. Philip ofAnjou, against whose claim they hadbeen lighting for so many years, seemed.
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