The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... subjects , beauti- fully engraved in fac - simile , with Intro- duction and Descriptions by the late FRANCIS DOUCE and Dr. T. F. DIBDIN . 2 vols . in 1. 78. 6d . Howitt's ( Mary ) Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons . Embodying the whole ...
... subjects , beauti- fully engraved in fac - simile , with Intro- duction and Descriptions by the late FRANCIS DOUCE and Dr. T. F. DIBDIN . 2 vols . in 1. 78. 6d . Howitt's ( Mary ) Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons . Embodying the whole ...
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... subjects " to reason under pain of correction . " Fre- derick , duke of Gotha , gave the first example of the shame- ful traffic in men , afterwards so often imitated , by selling [ A. D. 1733 ] four thousand impressed recruits to the ...
... subjects " to reason under pain of correction . " Fre- derick , duke of Gotha , gave the first example of the shame- ful traffic in men , afterwards so often imitated , by selling [ A. D. 1733 ] four thousand impressed recruits to the ...
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... subjects , chiefly resided , in his quality of stadtholder of the Netherlands , at Brussels , where , in one continued maze of pleasure , he lavished on his mis- tresses and expended in horses , of which he kept twelve hundred , and in ...
... subjects , chiefly resided , in his quality of stadtholder of the Netherlands , at Brussels , where , in one continued maze of pleasure , he lavished on his mis- tresses and expended in horses , of which he kept twelve hundred , and in ...
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... subjects of other states is sometimes alleviated , had , however , disappeared with the monarch , and to this may be attributed the rude arrogance of the nobility and the cruelty of the legislature , which , even up to the present time ...
... subjects of other states is sometimes alleviated , had , however , disappeared with the monarch , and to this may be attributed the rude arrogance of the nobility and the cruelty of the legislature , which , even up to the present time ...
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... subject to ungovernable fits of fury , was , moreover , a drunkard , and tyrannized over the people of Dessau . He , nevertheless , lived in great harmony with the beautiful daugh- ter of an apothecary , † who was recognised by the ...
... subject to ungovernable fits of fury , was , moreover , a drunkard , and tyrannized over the people of Dessau . He , nevertheless , lived in great harmony with the beautiful daugh- ter of an apothecary , † who was recognised by the ...
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