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... commands an unrivalled view of Lake Leman , and stretches its length along the edge of a plateau which includes the Church and the Square of St. Francis . It has rambled on from one genera- tion to another , until at last it occupies a ...
... commands an unrivalled view of Lake Leman , and stretches its length along the edge of a plateau which includes the Church and the Square of St. Francis . It has rambled on from one genera- tion to another , until at last it occupies a ...
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... command at Laupen . M. de Gonzenbach developed the objec- tions already suggested , and said that what d'Erlach really did was to finish the war between Berne and Freiburg which was connected with the battle of Laupen , and to sign the ...
... command at Laupen . M. de Gonzenbach developed the objec- tions already suggested , and said that what d'Erlach really did was to finish the war between Berne and Freiburg which was connected with the battle of Laupen , and to sign the ...
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... command the troops before Laupen ? Count Frederick de Mulinen furnishes me with the following information in reply , through his son Count Hartmann de Mulinen : The Chronicles of Berne , from which Dr. Berchtold quotes , name Rodolph d ...
... command the troops before Laupen ? Count Frederick de Mulinen furnishes me with the following information in reply , through his son Count Hartmann de Mulinen : The Chronicles of Berne , from which Dr. Berchtold quotes , name Rodolph d ...
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... commands cum vexillo - with the banner of the city that is to say , in his quality of commander - in - chief . In the time when the Chronicles were written , they had perhaps already forgotten and confounded the state of things . But ...
... commands cum vexillo - with the banner of the city that is to say , in his quality of commander - in - chief . In the time when the Chronicles were written , they had perhaps already forgotten and confounded the state of things . But ...
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... command . When Amadeus VIII . took up his abode at Ripaille five years before he was named Pope , he had reigned forty - three years , had largely augmented the fortunes of his house , greatly ameliorated the condition of his people ...
... command . When Amadeus VIII . took up his abode at Ripaille five years before he was named Pope , he had reigned forty - three years , had largely augmented the fortunes of his house , greatly ameliorated the condition of his people ...
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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.