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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
Donauwerth: banned by the Aulic Council; Swedish officers at.
From The History of the Thirty Years' War by Schiller, Friedrich
I have been a member of the Committee of Imperial Defence since 1906, and have assisted at the innumerable deliberations of that Aulic Council.
From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres
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
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
It was natural, then, that the majority of the Aulic Council should vote for the old alliance.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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