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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... 99 358 14. COURT OF THE DE POLIER , NOW THE DE LOYS , MANSION , RUE DE BOURG , LAUSANNE 15. CASTLE OF BLONAY , LA TOUR RONDE • 99 384 16. BARLE DE FORAS . · 39 471 508 W HISTORIC STUDIES IN VAUD , BERNE , AND SAVOY CHAPTER.
... 99 358 14. COURT OF THE DE POLIER , NOW THE DE LOYS , MANSION , RUE DE BOURG , LAUSANNE 15. CASTLE OF BLONAY , LA TOUR RONDE • 99 384 16. BARLE DE FORAS . · 39 471 508 W HISTORIC STUDIES IN VAUD , BERNE , AND SAVOY CHAPTER.
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... CHAPTER I THE story of a house ! Its origin so long ago , when Normans were settling their English conquests , and ... chapters of my theme . La Grotte , where Gibbon dwelt during the last ten years of his life , is an ancient and ...
... CHAPTER I THE story of a house ! Its origin so long ago , when Normans were settling their English conquests , and ... chapters of my theme . La Grotte , where Gibbon dwelt during the last ten years of his life , is an ancient and ...
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... CHAPTER II LA GROTTE is one of the monuments of a city that offers attractive studies to all lovers of antiquity , and of a canton whose history bears us to the dawn of Christianity . The Pays de Vaud was comprised in ancient Helvetia ...
... CHAPTER II LA GROTTE is one of the monuments of a city that offers attractive studies to all lovers of antiquity , and of a canton whose history bears us to the dawn of Christianity . The Pays de Vaud was comprised in ancient Helvetia ...
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From Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau, and Gibbon John Meredith Read. CHAPTER III LAUSANNE has such a peculiar history that it is difficult to understand , without study , some of the customs that still pre- vailed in the ... CHAPTER III ...
From Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau, and Gibbon John Meredith Read. CHAPTER III LAUSANNE has such a peculiar history that it is difficult to understand , without study , some of the customs that still pre- vailed in the ... CHAPTER III ...
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... chapter of Notre Dame , whose choice was ratified by Papal sanction . The long line of illustrious bishops were taken from the greatest families of the land , such as the de Grandsons , de Champvents , de Cossonays , d'Estavayers , and ...
... chapter of Notre Dame , whose choice was ratified by Papal sanction . The long line of illustrious bishops were taken from the greatest families of the land , such as the de Grandsons , de Champvents , de Cossonays , d'Estavayers , and ...
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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 - A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, 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 3 - I am thus far (kept by stress of weather) on my way back to Diodati (near Geneva) from a voyage in my boat round the Lake ; and I enclose you a sprig of Gibbon's Acacia and some rose-leaves from his garden, which, with part of his house, I have just seen. You will find honorable mention, in his Life, made of this " Acacia ", when he walked out on the night of concluding his history.
Sida 8 - 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 ix - A Historical Inquiry concerning Henry Hudson, his Friends, Relatives, and Early Life, his Connection with the Muscovy Company, and Discovery of Delaware Bay.
Sida 69 - 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 89 - O maison d'Aristippe,' etc., had been imparted as a secret to the gentleman by whom I was introduced. He allowed me to read it twice ; I knew it by heart ; and as my discretion was not equal to my memory, the author was soon displeased by the circulation of a, copy.