The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... According to the meagre and vague auto- biographical notices given by himself in the preface to his poems he was born in the year 348 , and , after receiving a liberal education , practised at the bar and subsequently held judicial ...
... According to the meagre and vague auto- biographical notices given by himself in the preface to his poems he was born in the year 348 , and , after receiving a liberal education , practised at the bar and subsequently held judicial ...
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... according to which Cleves , Mark , and Ravensberg fell to the share of Prussia . When Louis XIV . attacked Holland in 1672 Frederick William was at first the only German prince to suspect danger in the ambitious designs of the French ...
... according to which Cleves , Mark , and Ravensberg fell to the share of Prussia . When Louis XIV . attacked Holland in 1672 Frederick William was at first the only German prince to suspect danger in the ambitious designs of the French ...
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... According to the most recent official returns , about 29 per cent . of the soil of Prussia consists of good loam or clay , 32 per cent . is mediocre or of loam and sand mixed , 31 per cent . is pre- dominantly sandy , and 6 per cent ...
... According to the most recent official returns , about 29 per cent . of the soil of Prussia consists of good loam or clay , 32 per cent . is mediocre or of loam and sand mixed , 31 per cent . is pre- dominantly sandy , and 6 per cent ...
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... According to the Almanach de Gotha , the total value of the exports and imports of the German Customs Union in 1883 amounted to upwards of £ 330,000,000 ; and , to judge from the customs receipts , about three - fifths of this amount ...
... According to the Almanach de Gotha , the total value of the exports and imports of the German Customs Union in 1883 amounted to upwards of £ 330,000,000 ; and , to judge from the customs receipts , about three - fifths of this amount ...
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... According to the census of 1880 , 57 4 per cent . of the popula- rises to 750 and in the moorlands of Hanover it sinks to less than tion is rural , and 42.6 per cent . urban , i.c. , lives in communities The relative proportions vary of ...
... According to the census of 1880 , 57 4 per cent . of the popula- rises to 750 and in the moorlands of Hanover it sinks to less than tion is rural , and 42.6 per cent . urban , i.c. , lives in communities The relative proportions vary of ...
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