Excerpt from A Sketch of the Reign of George the Third: From 1780 to 1790, to the Close of the Year 1790<br><br>The Auf'rrian Eagle, which, under Charles the Fifth and Ferdinand the Second, had foared fo high, and which had even nearly extinguifhed all'the Germanic liber ties {tripped of its plumage by Guftavus Adolphus, and chained to the earth by the manacles which were impofed on it at the Treaty of Wefiphalia, long flumbered in peaceful bondage, 'till Marlborough releafed the Imperial captive, and. Once again ref'tored it to freedom, though not to its former greatnefs.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.