Excerpt from The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1784 and 1785<br><br>Hile the four great mari time powers of Europe were exhaufiing their firength and faeri ficing their fnbjeéts in that war, to which the revolt of the Britilh colo nies in America gave rife, and which in its pro eio I read fuch defolation throu h ad Old and the New Worl the emperor of Germany was more happily employed, in cnl tivating the arts of peace, in the improvement of his widely-extended dominio ns, and in efiablilhing upon fore and permanent foundations the power, and confequently the' fecurity, of his empire.<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.