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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... less correct at the time at which they were at first severally published , may no longer be applicable to the existing condition of things . Statistical science is not to be depreciated because its results are not permanent ; in this ...
... less correct at the time at which they were at first severally published , may no longer be applicable to the existing condition of things . Statistical science is not to be depreciated because its results are not permanent ; in this ...
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... less in physical character , manners , and language , and were considered to have had a common origin . The ancient German was of huge stature ; he had reddish hair and blue eyes ; he was more tolerant of cold and hunger than of heat ...
... less in physical character , manners , and language , and were considered to have had a common origin . The ancient German was of huge stature ; he had reddish hair and blue eyes ; he was more tolerant of cold and hunger than of heat ...
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... less to follow up his claims abroad , and hence the German states proceeded without hesitation to elect a sovereign from their own body . The nobles , who thus assumed the power of disposing of the crown , now began to stipulate for new ...
... less to follow up his claims abroad , and hence the German states proceeded without hesitation to elect a sovereign from their own body . The nobles , who thus assumed the power of disposing of the crown , now began to stipulate for new ...
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... or burned ; Such is the eulogy pronounced on this remarkable man by the historian Müller ; but some other writers entertain an opinion far less favourable . and he built a city in the south of Italy CH . I. ] 21 HISTORY OF GERMANY .
... or burned ; Such is the eulogy pronounced on this remarkable man by the historian Müller ; but some other writers entertain an opinion far less favourable . and he built a city in the south of Italy CH . I. ] 21 HISTORY OF GERMANY .
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... less warm than the central parts . Winter reigns almost constantly in the higher mountains , or yields but for a transient moment to the sunbeam ; but in the narrow valleys which abound in the mountainous ranges , the atmosphere is ...
... less warm than the central parts . Winter reigns almost constantly in the higher mountains , or yields but for a transient moment to the sunbeam ; but in the narrow valleys which abound in the mountainous ranges , the atmosphere is ...
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