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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 502 — X. OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE.487

Henri Van Laun translation

A league formed in the Hague against France was called “The Triple Alliance,” and was entered upon in 1668 between England, Holland, and Sweden. Sometimes the treaty formed in 1717 between George I., the Regent of France, and the United Provinces is also called “Triple Alliance.”

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