Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy: From Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau, and Gibbon, Volym 1Chatto & Windus, 1897 - 31 sidor |
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... King of Greece called on him personally at his residence in Paris , and in 1881 created him Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer . From his youth our author had been a zealous student of history , as his father also was . As ...
... King of Greece called on him personally at his residence in Paris , and in 1881 created him Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer . From his youth our author had been a zealous student of history , as his father also was . As ...
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... King of England , Cyprus , and Jerusalem . Its walls were already old when Peter of Savoy began to construct the dungeons of Chillon , before he had won the title of the Little Charlemagne or visited his niece , Queen Eleanor , at ...
... King of England , Cyprus , and Jerusalem . Its walls were already old when Peter of Savoy began to construct the dungeons of Chillon , before he had won the title of the Little Charlemagne or visited his niece , Queen Eleanor , at ...
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... King of Transjuran Burgundy , who succeeded to the throne in 937 , when scarcely ten years of age . He was Vevey et les Alpes Vaudoises , by Eugène Duffoug - Favre , citing Valliemin . Article on Mont Pélerin , p . 14. Vevey , 1844 ...
... King of Transjuran Burgundy , who succeeded to the throne in 937 , when scarcely ten years of age . He was Vevey et les Alpes Vaudoises , by Eugène Duffoug - Favre , citing Valliemin . Article on Mont Pélerin , p . 14. Vevey , 1844 ...
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... KING OF LITTLE BURGUNDY . HER NAME IS A BENEDICTION AND HER DISTAFF AN EXAMPLE : SHE FOUNDED CHURCHES ; SHE FORTIFIED CASTLES ; SHE OPENED ROADS ; SHE RENDERED UNCULTIVATED LANDS VALUABLE ; SHE NOURISHED THE POOR , AND WAS THE MOTHER ...
... KING OF LITTLE BURGUNDY . HER NAME IS A BENEDICTION AND HER DISTAFF AN EXAMPLE : SHE FOUNDED CHURCHES ; SHE FORTIFIED CASTLES ; SHE OPENED ROADS ; SHE RENDERED UNCULTIVATED LANDS VALUABLE ; SHE NOURISHED THE POOR , AND WAS THE MOTHER ...
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... King of Italy , maintained them upon condition that they would close the passage of the Peninsula against Beranger , his rival . For a moment it was feared that this band might fix itself definitely in the Valais ; for they began to ...
... King of Italy , maintained them upon condition that they would close the passage of the Peninsula against Beranger , his rival . For a moment it was feared that this band might fix itself definitely in the Valais ; for they began to ...
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Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy: From Roman Times to ..., Volym 1 John Meredith Read Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1897 |
Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy: From Roman Times to ..., Volym 1 John Meredith Read Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1897 |
Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy: From Roman Times to Voltaire ... John Meredith Read Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2014 |
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Sida 197 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue.
Sida 525 - Drama: being a comprehensive Guide to the Plays, Playwrights, Players and Playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Crown Svo, half-bound, 12*. 6d. [Preparing. Quips and Quiddities. Selected by W. DAVENPORT ADAMS. Post Svo, cloth limp, vs. 6£. Agony Column (The) of 'The Times,
Sida 13 - Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife. With the whole of ROWLANDSON'S droll page Illustrations in Colours and a Life of the Author by JC HOTTEN.
Sida 527 - The Art of Amusing : A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades. By FRANK BELLEW.
Sida 24 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Sida 3 - Ben Jonson's Works. With Notes, Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir by WILLIAM GIFFORD. Edited by Colonel CUNNINGHAM. Three Vols. Chapman's Works.
Sida 14 - The Choice Works of Mark Twain. Revised and Corrected throughout by the Author. With Life, Portrait, and numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.
Sida 11 - History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880. By JUSTIN MCCARTHY, MP Four Vols., demy 8vo, cloth extra, izs.
Sida 67 - I heard a great peer of this realm, and a learned, say, when he lived there was no king in Christendom had such a subject as Oxford.
Sida 92 - Non, dit-il, le parfait bonheur Ne se trouve point sur la terre. Pour le trouver, divin Voltaire, Sais-tu qu'il faut avoir un cœur? Grand philosophe sans morale, Toi qui te fais un dieu de l'or, Oses-tu nous chanter encor Les douceurs d'une vie innocente et frugale? Ma foi, qui m'oJTrirait ton lot Avec ton humeur incertaine, J'aimerais mieux celui d'un sot Vivant sans soucis et sans haine.