Excerpt from The History of Modern Europe, Vol. 3 of 4: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and a View of the Progress of Society, From the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, in a Series of Letters From a Nobleman to His Son A Survey of the State of Europe, in 1756, with an Account of the Operations of the general War, until the Conquest of Hanover by the French, in 1757. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.