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iP r e fe ip t '& M n d a r ie s .r f> N f fi£ t c q L E p p fh s ya p d ^ tW j& t t e g .\
T HE dortnUicftfs’ nrbfe£t to thte'hotife 'o f Auftria "embrace' m an y
ancient Kirig’dbmV and ffktes, ■which','* fofc tbfe nalte 'o f .perfphMty,
are here b rd u g h t undergone p o in t o f v iew ; it^haviffg^bVen ®gM''-a§''a
^etoroach to modern geography, th a t By'the oB f fih ^ e 'T ^ jitio n ' -of an-
‘fmitated'diViftons, OTd/'tfife”fc6hftrcft'<miA4t ^ t f i8'OPippafate delJ^ipHpris',
i t 1 haks sh o t made an unifqf'ih ^pfogrefs’ w ith: mod'ern •hrftdiy^' an d ^o litic s,
yrhich it o u g h t‘to*ifltfftrate. ''Hence, to ufe th eW e fcm ioifahc^^rnany
’kre' led5 to "imagine" th a t ’ the pofvef o f Ih e houfe o f Au ftfia-r;is^^Kefl y
founded' on* its bearing the imperial tipe", whereas^ i f ƒ edtided; to' tlfb
regal ftyl'e’df H u n g a ry ;1 its ‘hereditary'domains' entitle it' to rank’ among
"tho “ch ie f ‘Eufopekrt' p qW rs f ’being’o f1 w id e 'ex ten t,' an'd great imnort-
W c e /'k n d boafting a .’"population!- b f not lefs>tth'an 'fh o re
concentrated than' thfe’ diffufe p o p u la tio n ' o f Rdffia,. ari3 f perh!j^s*y'th'e!
n e x t p’ower to France"; n o t in arms'1 only,"' b tif’ori' th e b ra a d ' and' deep-
rooted . bafis o f compact numbe rs ©f in h a b ita n ts '
, In defdribing a Sovereignty, thus; c6tnj>pfed d f m any.ahcient ilates,
it may feem proper to pay -the firft an d ^ ch ief .&ppili&frk'/to that f)art
"which gradually fpread its domination over, the r e f t; o r 'in j other wbrdsj.
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