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The owner of an estate had no means of benefiting his tenants, even if he wished it; for all matters, even of local government, depended on the crown. THE OWNER OF AN ESTATE HAD NO MEANS OF BENEFITING HIS TENANTS EVEN IF HE WISHED IT FOR ALL MATTERS EVEN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPENDED ON THE CROWN
ght to have disdained, gained over France to take part with her, and England was allied with Frederick II. In this war France and England chiefly fought in their distant possessions, where the English were uniformly successful; and after seven years another peace followed, leaving the boundaries of the German states just where they were before, after a frightful amount of bloodshed. But France had had terrible losses. She was driven from India, and lost all her settlements in America and Canada. 15. France under Louis XV.--Meantime the gross vice and licentiousness of the king was beyond description, and the nobility retained about the court by the system established by Louis XIV. were, if not his equals in crime, equally callous to the suffering caused by the reckless expensiveness of the court, the whole cost of which was defrayed by the burghers and peasants. No taxes were asked from clergy or nobles, and this latter term included all sprung of a noble line to the utmost generation. ISDAINED GAINED OVER FRANCE TO TAKE PART WITH HER AND ENGLAND WAS ALLIED WITH FRIEDRICK THE SECOND IN THIS WAR FRANCE AND ENGLAND CHIEFLY FOUGHT IN THEIR DISTANT POSSESSIONS WHERE THE ENGLISH WERE UNIFORMLY SUCCESSFUL AND AFTER SEVEN YEARS ANOTHER PEACE FOLLOWED LEAVING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GERMAN STATES JUST WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE AFTER A FRIGHTFUL AMOUNT OF BLOODSHED BUT FRANCE HAD HAD TERRIBLE LOSSES SHE WAS DRIVEN FROM INDIA AND LOST ALL HER SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA AND CANADA FIFTEEN FRANCE UNDER LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH MEANTIME THE GROSS VICE AND LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE KING WAS BEYOND DESCRIPTION AND THE NOBILITY RETAINED ABOUT THE COURT BY THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WERE IF NOT HIS EQUALS IN CRIME EQUALLY CALLOUS TO THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE RECKLESS EXPENSIVENESS OF THE COURT THE WHOLE COST OF WHICH WAS DEFRAYED BY THE BURGHERS AND PEASANTS NO TAXES WERE ASKED FROM CLERGY OR NOBLES AND THIS LATTER TERM INCLUDED ALL SPRUNG OF A NOBLE LINE TO THE UTMOST GENERATION
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