A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... village of Holland , E. side of the sea of Haarlem , 10 miles S. W. Amsterdam . Pop . 1,800 . AALTEN , a village of the Netherlands , Guelderland , 7 miles S.S.W. Groenlo . Pop . 3,520 . AAR , a river of Switzerland , the most ...
... village of Holland , E. side of the sea of Haarlem , 10 miles S. W. Amsterdam . Pop . 1,800 . AALTEN , a village of the Netherlands , Guelderland , 7 miles S.S.W. Groenlo . Pop . 3,520 . AAR , a river of Switzerland , the most ...
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... village of Austrian Italy , prov . Padua , 10 m . S. W. Padua . Pop . 3,000 . This village derives its entire celebrity from its hot springs and muds . It is situated near the Euganean hills , in a place marked with some low eminences ...
... village of Austrian Italy , prov . Padua , 10 m . S. W. Padua . Pop . 3,000 . This village derives its entire celebrity from its hot springs and muds . It is situated near the Euganean hills , in a place marked with some low eminences ...
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... village called Spital . In former times it was the seat of a bishoprick , the see of Mortlach having been removed to it in 1154. In 1498 it received a charter from James IV . , under which are elected a provost and 18 other members ; in ...
... village called Spital . In former times it was the seat of a bishoprick , the see of Mortlach having been removed to it in 1154. In 1498 it received a charter from James IV . , under which are elected a provost and 18 other members ; in ...
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... village of Abernethy is small , and the houses mean . Pop . of parish , 1776 . | carried down the river in barges to the capital , with which this town has very considerable traffic . The trade , now occupying above 100 barges , would ...
... village of Abernethy is small , and the houses mean . Pop . of parish , 1776 . | carried down the river in barges to the capital , with which this town has very considerable traffic . The trade , now occupying above 100 barges , would ...
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... village of Sassbach , contiguous to which is a granite monument , erected at the expense of the French government in 1829 , on the spot where the Marshal de Turenne , one of the greatest generals of modern times , was killed by a random ...
... village of Sassbach , contiguous to which is a granite monument , erected at the expense of the French government in 1829 , on the spot where the Marshal de Turenne , one of the greatest generals of modern times , was killed by a random ...
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