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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... town . " Lausanne dčs les Temps Anciens ( Blanchet ) . • Charles Guillaume de Lo˙s de Bochat , Mémoires sur la Suisse Ancienne . Gibbon was an attentive student of his works ; see Extracts from his Journal and Commonplace Book , Misc ...
... town . " Lausanne dčs les Temps Anciens ( Blanchet ) . • Charles Guillaume de Lo˙s de Bochat , Mémoires sur la Suisse Ancienne . Gibbon was an attentive student of his works ; see Extracts from his Journal and Commonplace Book , Misc ...
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... towns accorded by the Emperor Vespasian - son of the banker of the 1 Gibbon says Vespasian was of mean birth : ' His grandfather had been a private soldier ... town , says Suetonius - who , moreover , surrounded VAUD , BERNE , AND SAVOY 15.
... towns accorded by the Emperor Vespasian - son of the banker of the 1 Gibbon says Vespasian was of mean birth : ' His grandfather had been a private soldier ... town , says Suetonius - who , moreover , surrounded VAUD , BERNE , AND SAVOY 15.
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... town on the care which they display in keeping alive in the hearts of the inhabitants the memory of those of her children who have done honour to this ancient city . ' CHAPTER IV TOWARDS the end of the eighth century Lausanne 16 ...
... town on the care which they display in keeping alive in the hearts of the inhabitants the memory of those of her children who have done honour to this ancient city . ' CHAPTER IV TOWARDS the end of the eighth century Lausanne 16 ...
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... town , and in presence of these two prelates , that the Emperor caused to be despatched a charter by which he restored the Priory of Lutry to the Abbot of Savigny in Lyonnais , from whom it had been taken by the anti- Cæsar Rodolph ...
... town , and in presence of these two prelates , that the Emperor caused to be despatched a charter by which he restored the Priory of Lutry to the Abbot of Savigny in Lyonnais , from whom it had been taken by the anti- Cæsar Rodolph ...
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... town of Payerne , with all its dependencies , to St. Mayeul , Abbot of Cluny , and the act of foundation , commonly known as the will of Queen Bertha , was signed by her in the city of Lausanne on Tuesday , April 1 , in the twenty ...
... town of Payerne , with all its dependencies , to St. Mayeul , Abbot of Cluny , and the act of foundation , commonly known as the will of Queen Bertha , was signed by her in the city of Lausanne on Tuesday , April 1 , in the twenty ...
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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.