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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... daughter of the Latin , came into general use . Bertha is looked upon as the author of the first franchises of the country , and the good mother of its populations . They think they still behold her on the hillsides of Lavaux , carrying ...
... daughter of the Latin , came into general use . Bertha is looked upon as the author of the first franchises of the country , and the good mother of its populations . They think they still behold her on the hillsides of Lavaux , carrying ...
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... daughters , and with a brilliant suite , including seven dukes or reigning princes , fifteen counts , great vassals of the empire , and a multitude of barons . On the 19th of the month the ceremonies were celebrated in the cathedral ...
... daughters , and with a brilliant suite , including seven dukes or reigning princes , fifteen counts , great vassals of the empire , and a multitude of barons . On the 19th of the month the ceremonies were celebrated in the cathedral ...
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... daughter of his host in such an open manner that the father and mother discovered the fact , and made complaint to the Count his master , who arrested the chevalier and asked the authorities of the city what punishment they inflicted in ...
... daughter of his host in such an open manner that the father and mother discovered the fact , and made complaint to the Count his master , who arrested the chevalier and asked the authorities of the city what punishment they inflicted in ...
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... daughter Isabel in marriage , ' whose dot included , among other territories , the county of Soissons , which the King had received in ransom for the seignior of that name . Not long after , war broke out between the two rival nations ...
... daughter Isabel in marriage , ' whose dot included , among other territories , the county of Soissons , which the King had received in ransom for the seignior of that name . Not long after , war broke out between the two rival nations ...
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... daughter a dot of 8,000 silver marks payable in three instalments , for which he furnished one hundred sureties . On ... daughters they would inherit merely his movable and allodial property , in accordance with the Salic Law of the ...
... daughter a dot of 8,000 silver marks payable in three instalments , for which he furnished one hundred sureties . On ... daughters they would inherit merely his movable and allodial property , in accordance with the Salic Law of the ...
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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.