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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... carried me far beyond the limits of my original intention . La Grotte is [ 1879 ] the property and the residence of the Grenier family , one of the most esteemed and eminent in Switzerland . The Greniers inherited the estate from ...
... carried me far beyond the limits of my original intention . La Grotte is [ 1879 ] the property and the residence of the Grenier family , one of the most esteemed and eminent in Switzerland . The Greniers inherited the estate from ...
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... carry back the history of La Grotte with exactitude to the year 1592 , though it is much earlier , and it is visible ... carried out his father's intentions by granting to It is odd to find that Gibbon , the whilom VAUD , BERNE , AND SAVOY 7.
... carry back the history of La Grotte with exactitude to the year 1592 , though it is much earlier , and it is visible ... carried out his father's intentions by granting to It is odd to find that Gibbon , the whilom VAUD , BERNE , AND SAVOY 7.
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... carried on the bank , and found the assertion upon the declaration of Suetonius , liber viii . 1. It will be seen that Suetonius does not sustain the first , though he affirms the second , fact . He says : Sabinus fœnus exercuit apud ...
... carried on the bank , and found the assertion upon the declaration of Suetonius , liber viii . 1. It will be seen that Suetonius does not sustain the first , though he affirms the second , fact . He says : Sabinus fœnus exercuit apud ...
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... carrying a basket of treasures and pouring them out upon the province . In the porches of the churches which sprang into being at the beginning of the Middle Ages were to be seen sculptures representing the Virgin spinning . The good ...
... carrying a basket of treasures and pouring them out upon the province . In the porches of the churches which sprang into being at the beginning of the Middle Ages were to be seen sculptures representing the Virgin spinning . The good ...
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... carried their complaints to Rome . Landric was finally obliged to resign in 1174 . Roger , the Pope's legate in Franche Comté , inherited his post and his plans . He carried out the latter with such eloquence , consistency , and courage ...
... carried their complaints to Rome . Landric was finally obliged to resign in 1174 . Roger , the Pope's legate in Franche Comté , inherited his post and his plans . He carried out the latter with such eloquence , consistency , and courage ...
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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.