Ryswick

/ ˈrɪzwɪk /

noun

1. the English name for Rijswijk

Example Sentences

The troubles of the Spanish war drove his parents to settle first at Veere in Zeeland, then in England, next at Ryswick and lastly at Flushing.

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At last, after long negotiations, exhaustion compelled the French king to sign the peace of Peace of Ryswick.

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Ryswick in 1697, in which William was recognized by France as king of England, the Dutch obtaining a favourable commercial treaty, and the right to garrison the Netherland barrier towns.

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Such a night ride as I have described, would have been impossible, or at least outrageously dangerous, a year or two later; when a horde of disbanded soldiers, dismissed from the colours by the Peace of Ryswick, took to the roads for a subsistence, and for a period, until they perished miserably, made even the purlieus of Kensington unsafe.

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History of Commerce.—Treaty of Ryswick.—Limits of Canada, as surrendered to Great Britain.—Difficulty of Boundary Treaties from incorrect Maps.—Treaty of 1783.

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