Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition, and National Economy, Illustrated by Reference to Her Physical, Moral, and Political Statistics, and by Comparison with Other Countries |
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... English readers it will be found sufficiently large , if not abundantly long . I am far from professing to present either a Geography or a Topography of Germany , but my endeavour is rather to point out all that is most remarkable and ...
... English readers it will be found sufficiently large , if not abundantly long . I am far from professing to present either a Geography or a Topography of Germany , but my endeavour is rather to point out all that is most remarkable and ...
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... English king , who was elected by some of the princes , and only knew how to sell privileges in order to reimburse himself for the sums they had cost him ; nor Alphonso of Castile , to whom others confided the crown ; nor any other ...
... English king , who was elected by some of the princes , and only knew how to sell privileges in order to reimburse himself for the sums they had cost him ; nor Alphonso of Castile , to whom others confided the crown ; nor any other ...
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... English language is not very rich in histories of Germany , but we may refer the reader to Charles Butler's Succinct History of the Revolutions of the Empire of Germany ( 1812 ) , Halliday's Works on the History of Hanover , Brunswick ...
... English language is not very rich in histories of Germany , but we may refer the reader to Charles Butler's Succinct History of the Revolutions of the Empire of Germany ( 1812 ) , Halliday's Works on the History of Hanover , Brunswick ...
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... English square miles . Its length on the Baltic amounts to eighty- three German miles ; on the German ocean to nearly thirty - six German miles , and on the Adriatic Sea to forty German miles , and its entire extent of coast ...
... English square miles . Its length on the Baltic amounts to eighty- three German miles ; on the German ocean to nearly thirty - six German miles , and on the Adriatic Sea to forty German miles , and its entire extent of coast ...
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... ( English Those who wish to study the fine old Gothic and feudal forms of Old Germany , with all its curious appendages , should consult Busching's Geography . Trans . , 6 vols . 4to . ) E 2 and privileges , in respect to their persons ...
... ( English Those who wish to study the fine old Gothic and feudal forms of Old Germany , with all its curious appendages , should consult Busching's Geography . Trans . , 6 vols . 4to . ) E 2 and privileges , in respect to their persons ...
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Page 48 - The object of this confederation is the maintenance of the external and internal safety of Germany, and of the independence and inviolability of the confederated states.