The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 8J. Ridgeway amd sons, 1839 - English periodicals |
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... rivers Scheldt , Maese , Saone , Rhone , the Mediterranean Sea , the Ebro , and the ocean . The firm front opposed to invaders by Leo IV . could not fail to produce a moral effect highly advantageous to the papal dignity in those ...
... rivers Scheldt , Maese , Saone , Rhone , the Mediterranean Sea , the Ebro , and the ocean . The firm front opposed to invaders by Leo IV . could not fail to produce a moral effect highly advantageous to the papal dignity in those ...
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... river and its branches , this vast city may “ always be exposed to inundation , on any sudden thaw or “ rush of waters from the Baltic . ” Such an inundation took place a few years since , and it was said that , had the wind continued ...
... river and its branches , this vast city may “ always be exposed to inundation , on any sudden thaw or “ rush of waters from the Baltic . ” Such an inundation took place a few years since , and it was said that , had the wind continued ...
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... river , and go to Venice ; the passage will cost him half a real . He will land on the Piazza di San Marco , and then he must look out for an inn to go to ; he must be cautious in making his bargain with the innkeeper first ; he must ...
... river , and go to Venice ; the passage will cost him half a real . He will land on the Piazza di San Marco , and then he must look out for an inn to go to ; he must be cautious in making his bargain with the innkeeper first ; he must ...
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... river in a Russian dock - yard , to maintain the liberties of the Danube , to attach her Slavonian subjects to the imperial government by judicious national concessions ; depressed and silent , Austria seemed shut up within her arch ...
... river in a Russian dock - yard , to maintain the liberties of the Danube , to attach her Slavonian subjects to the imperial government by judicious national concessions ; depressed and silent , Austria seemed shut up within her arch ...
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... river which , from Orsova to Galacz , flows through the territories of a third power , not a party to the treaty in question . The political object in view is evidently to increase the interest of Austria in the independence and the ...
... river which , from Orsova to Galacz , flows through the territories of a third power , not a party to the treaty in question . The political object in view is evidently to increase the interest of Austria in the independence and the ...
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Page 287 - ... so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our council, summon and call general assemblies, within the said governments respectively, in such manner and form as is used and directed in those colonies and provinces in America, which are under our immediate government...
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