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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... former exploits , and drink beer from immense horns , or from the sculls of their enemies . The origin of the ancient Germans , though very obscure , is doubtless Asiatic : Joseph von Hammer calls them a Bactrio- Median race . They ...
... former exploits , and drink beer from immense horns , or from the sculls of their enemies . The origin of the ancient Germans , though very obscure , is doubtless Asiatic : Joseph von Hammer calls them a Bactrio- Median race . They ...
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... former ground , notwithstanding the efforts of the heroic Germanicus ; indeed , they were shortly compelled to abandon the project of subjugating Germany . In the first century after Christ , the relation of the Barbarians to the Romans ...
... former ground , notwithstanding the efforts of the heroic Germanicus ; indeed , they were shortly compelled to abandon the project of subjugating Germany . In the first century after Christ , the relation of the Barbarians to the Romans ...
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... former became sole ruler of all the empire of the Franks . In 772 , a great war was undertaken against the Saxons , prin- cipally at the instigation of the bishop of Fulda , whose Christian missionaries they had massacred : this contest ...
... former became sole ruler of all the empire of the Franks . In 772 , a great war was undertaken against the Saxons , prin- cipally at the instigation of the bishop of Fulda , whose Christian missionaries they had massacred : this contest ...
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... former , raised a rebellious hand against the declining strength of his father , who had already fought sixty - five battles : the sons of the monarch were ever ready to enter into litigation against the privileges of the crown , so ...
... former , raised a rebellious hand against the declining strength of his father , who had already fought sixty - five battles : the sons of the monarch were ever ready to enter into litigation against the privileges of the crown , so ...
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... a shadow ; formerly he had balanced the clergy against the temporal states , and had hoped by patronising the former , to strengthen his position ; but these expectations were futile , for the clergy used 16 [ SECT . I. SKETCH OF THE.
... a shadow ; formerly he had balanced the clergy against the temporal states , and had hoped by patronising the former , to strengthen his position ; but these expectations were futile , for the clergy used 16 [ SECT . I. SKETCH OF THE.
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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.