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She was driven from India, and lost all her settlements in America and Canada. SHE WAS DRIVEN FROM INDIA AND LOST ALL HER SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA AND CANADA
duty to his people; and whereas his great-grandfather had sought display and so-called glory, he cared solely for pleasure, and that of the grossest and most sensual order, so that his court was a hotbed of shameless vice. All that could be wrung from the impoverished country was lavished on the overgrown establishments of every member of the royal family, in pensions to nobles, and in shameful amusements of the king. In 1756 another war broke out, in consequence of the hatreds left between Prussia and Austria by the former struggle. Maria Theresa had, by flatteries she ought 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.  TO HIS PEOPLE AND WHEREAS HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD SOUGHT DISPLAY AND SO CALLED GLORY HE CARED SOLELY FOR PLEASURE AND THAT OF THE GROSSEST AND MOST CENTRAL ORDER SO THAT HIS COURT WAS A HOT BED OF SHAMELESS VICE ALL THAT COULD BE WRUNG FROM THE IMPOVERISHED COUNTRY WAS LAVISHED ON THE OVERGROWN ESTABLISHMENTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN PENSIONS TO NOBLES AND IN SHAMEFUL AMUSEMENTS OF THE KING IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY SIX ANOTHER WAR BROKE OUT IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE HATREDS LEFT BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA BY THE FORMER STRUGGLE MARIA THERESA HAD BY FLATTERIES SHE OUGHT TO HAVE DISDAINED 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
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