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Poor McDowell suffers for the sins of others—above all, for those of Mr. Lincoln and of his aulic council.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
The Aulic Council was also judicial, and was composed of eighteen persons and attended chiefly to business connected with the empire.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
The Aulic Council was composed of six Protestants and twelve Catholics, and was a tribunal to settle difficulties between the various states of which Germany was composed.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
Robinson reappears in Presburg; and precious surely are the news he brings to an Aulic Council fallen back in its chairs, and staring with the wind struck out of it.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Carlyle, Thomas
Never came such a cataract of evil news on an Aulic Council before.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Carlyle, Thomas
How many troops do you think the wisdom of the Aulic Council had provided to protect the provinces?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
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