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...tronic Classics Series Publication The Federalist Papers is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... sideration or power. In the year 1685, the state of Genoa having offended Louis XIV., endeavored to appease him. He demanded that they should send th... ...mbition, till, becoming an object to the other Italian states, Pope Julius II. found means to accomplish that formidable 26 The Federalist Papers lea... ...nd were among the most persevering and most implacable of the opponents of Louis XIV . In the government of Britain the representatives of the people ... ...morable struggle for su- periority between the rival houses of Austria and Bourbon, which so long kept Europe in a flame, it is well known that the an... ...ce, the King of Aragon, and most of the Italian princes and states. ** The Duke of Marlborough. 27 The Federalist Papers rections and rebellions in M... ...consequence was that the city was put under the ban of the empire, and the Duke of Bavaria, though director of an- other circle, obtained an appointme... ...ned power of making war, an acknowledged prerogative of the crown, Charles II. had, by his own authority, kept on foot in time of peace a body of 5,00...