The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... capital on the entry of the French , he placed his silver and other bulky treasures in the hands of Rothschild , who , not without considerable risk , took charge of them , and buried them , it is said in a corner of his garden , whence ...
... capital on the entry of the French , he placed his silver and other bulky treasures in the hands of Rothschild , who , not without considerable risk , took charge of them , and buried them , it is said in a corner of his garden , whence ...
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... capital of the Veliocas . sians , a people of secondary rank , and it did not attain to any eminence till it was made the centre of Lugdunensis Secunda at the close of the 3d century , and a little later the see of an arch- bishop ...
... capital of the Veliocas . sians , a people of secondary rank , and it did not attain to any eminence till it was made the centre of Lugdunensis Secunda at the close of the 3d century , and a little later the see of an arch- bishop ...
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... capital first at Cîmpulungă and then at Argish . Radul dies in 1314 and is succeeded by a series of voivodes whose names and dates are duly given ; but this early chapter of Walachian history has been Walachian voivodeship ( Romänische ...
... capital first at Cîmpulungă and then at Argish . Radul dies in 1314 and is succeeded by a series of voivodes whose names and dates are duly given ; but this early chapter of Walachian history has been Walachian voivodeship ( Romänische ...
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... capital , Cernetz , Fokshani , supplied by Brancovan with an aqueduct , Ploiesti , Ghierghitza , Rusi di Vede , and Krajova , the capital of the banat of that name , where a fine han had also been built . At Cimpulungu was a great ...
... capital , Cernetz , Fokshani , supplied by Brancovan with an aqueduct , Ploiesti , Ghierghitza , Rusi di Vede , and Krajova , the capital of the banat of that name , where a fine han had also been built . At Cimpulungu was a great ...
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... capital of the island is Bergen ( 3662 inhabitants ) , connected since 1883 with Stralsund by a railway and ferry . The other chief places are Garz ( 2014 ) , Sagard ( 1447 ) , Gingst ( 1285 ) , and Putbus ( 1752 ) . The last is the old ...
... capital of the island is Bergen ( 3662 inhabitants ) , connected since 1883 with Stralsund by a railway and ferry . The other chief places are Garz ( 2014 ) , Sagard ( 1447 ) , Gingst ( 1285 ) , and Putbus ( 1752 ) . The last is the old ...
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