The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... immense procession marched to Ne- pomuk , the saint's birth - place , with numbers of figures and pictures of the Virgin and saints , banners and dramatic repre- sentations , taken from the life of the saint . * - -At that pious period ...
... immense procession marched to Ne- pomuk , the saint's birth - place , with numbers of figures and pictures of the Virgin and saints , banners and dramatic repre- sentations , taken from the life of the saint . * - -At that pious period ...
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... immense scale , festivals of Venus in the pleasure - gardens , festivals of Diana in the forests , festivals of Neptune on the Elbe , on which occasions a Venetian Bu- centaur , frigates , brigantines , gondolas , and sailors dressed in ...
... immense scale , festivals of Venus in the pleasure - gardens , festivals of Diana in the forests , festivals of Neptune on the Elbe , on which occasions a Venetian Bu- centaur , frigates , brigantines , gondolas , and sailors dressed in ...
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... immense size . This was , in point of fact , the only relation between the prince and the people . The cries of the people were unheard ; of the provincial Estates a servile committee alone acted ; and Augustus , in the plenitude of his ...
... immense size . This was , in point of fact , the only relation between the prince and the people . The cries of the people were unheard ; of the provincial Estates a servile committee alone acted ; and Augustus , in the plenitude of his ...
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... immense number of dogs . Keyssler , who , in the course of his interesting travels , visited Bavaria in 1729 , gives the following account ; " The electoress , Maria Amelia , a little and delicate lady , shoots well at a mark , and ...
... immense number of dogs . Keyssler , who , in the course of his interesting travels , visited Bavaria in 1729 , gives the following account ; " The electoress , Maria Amelia , a little and delicate lady , shoots well at a mark , and ...
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... immense expense . On laying the foundation - stone , he caused such a quantity of bread to be thrown to the assembled multitude that several people narrowly escaped being crushed to death . The general want increased , and , in 1717 ...
... immense expense . On laying the foundation - stone , he caused such a quantity of bread to be thrown to the assembled multitude that several people narrowly escaped being crushed to death . The general want increased , and , in 1717 ...
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