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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... Excellencies of Berne and of the Reforma- tion . In 1798 the Swiss Revolution freed it from Bernese rule , and the Canton Leman rose out of the remains of the Canton of Berne . Five years later , as a result of Napoleon's intervention ...
... Excellencies of Berne and of the Reforma- tion . In 1798 the Swiss Revolution freed it from Bernese rule , and the Canton Leman rose out of the remains of the Canton of Berne . Five years later , as a result of Napoleon's intervention ...
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... Excellencies raised the question whether it would not be more advantageous for their treasury to demolish rather than to repair the ancient building , and to construct in its place a smaller church . Their Vandalic purpose was only ...
... Excellencies raised the question whether it would not be more advantageous for their treasury to demolish rather than to repair the ancient building , and to construct in its place a smaller church . Their Vandalic purpose was only ...
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... Excellencies of Berne to examine into the state of the noble families of the Pays de Vaud . It is , moreover , said in the same place , that in 1686 the celebrated Dr. Burnet , afterwards Bishop of Salisbury , finding himself at ...
... Excellencies of Berne to examine into the state of the noble families of the Pays de Vaud . It is , moreover , said in the same place , that in 1686 the celebrated Dr. Burnet , afterwards Bishop of Salisbury , finding himself at ...
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... Excellencies of Berne . These three distinguished personages , moreover , asked him to endeavour to obtain further contributions of money towards the war , and assured him that both himself and his family would be amply recompensed ...
... Excellencies of Berne . These three distinguished personages , moreover , asked him to endeavour to obtain further contributions of money towards the war , and assured him that both himself and his family would be amply recompensed ...
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... Excellencies in all public Acts throughout the Pays de Vaud , and two years earlier the city manuals of Vevey began to be written in French ; but , curiously enough , there is no mention in them of the passage of that town from the rule ...
... Excellencies in all public Acts throughout the Pays de Vaud , and two years earlier the city manuals of Vevey began to be written in French ; but , curiously enough , there is no mention in them of the passage of that town from the rule ...
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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.