The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... whole of Silesia , with the frontier that still exists . East Friesland , the Prussian claim to which dated from the time of the Great Elector , was absorbed in 1744 on the death without issue of the last duke . The two Silesian wars ...
... whole of Silesia , with the frontier that still exists . East Friesland , the Prussian claim to which dated from the time of the Great Elector , was absorbed in 1744 on the death without issue of the last duke . The two Silesian wars ...
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... whole of the German coast - line belongs to Prussia , and it possesses all the important seaports except the two most important of all , Hamburg and Bremen . Climate . - The climate of Prussia is rendered more uniform than it would ...
... whole of the German coast - line belongs to Prussia , and it possesses all the important seaports except the two most important of all , Hamburg and Bremen . Climate . - The climate of Prussia is rendered more uniform than it would ...
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... whole of Prussia , except in the extreme north - east and north - west , but occurs most plentifully in Saxony , Brandenburg , and north Silesia . In 1882 the produce was nearly 11 million tons , value 13 millions sterling . Peat is cut ...
... whole of Prussia , except in the extreme north - east and north - west , but occurs most plentifully in Saxony , Brandenburg , and north Silesia . In 1882 the produce was nearly 11 million tons , value 13 millions sterling . Peat is cut ...
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... whole , and was exceeded by that of Bremen and Hamburg taken together . None of the Prussian seaports vies with either Hamburg or Bremen ; the largest is Stettin , which possesses a fleet of 40 steamers and 280 sailing ships . In 1881 ...
... whole , and was exceeded by that of Bremen and Hamburg taken together . None of the Prussian seaports vies with either Hamburg or Bremen ; the largest is Stettin , which possesses a fleet of 40 steamers and 280 sailing ships . In 1881 ...
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... whole book is named " praises ' is clearly due to the fact that it was the manual of the temple service of song , in which praise was the leading feature . But for an individual psalm the usual name Tip ( in the Bible only in titles of ...
... whole book is named " praises ' is clearly due to the fact that it was the manual of the temple service of song , in which praise was the leading feature . But for an individual psalm the usual name Tip ( in the Bible only in titles of ...
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