The Foreign Quarterly Review, 36. köideTreuttel and Würtz, Treuttel, Jun, and Richter, 1846 |
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... give flesh and blood , and a human interest to history , either do not exist in an accessible shape , or , where they do exist , may not be used . How lamentable , in this view , is the following statement in the preface to Herr ...
... give flesh and blood , and a human interest to history , either do not exist in an accessible shape , or , where they do exist , may not be used . How lamentable , in this view , is the following statement in the preface to Herr ...
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... give of the matter , and in every word of which we are supported by the close military criticism of Herr Bade , what can the impartial reader point out of beau tiful combinations ' and ' striking proofs of military abilities ? ' So far ...
... give of the matter , and in every word of which we are supported by the close military criticism of Herr Bade , what can the impartial reader point out of beau tiful combinations ' and ' striking proofs of military abilities ? ' So far ...
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... , the emperor could not afford , except in the very last necessity , to give up Dresden . See the very sensible criticism of Vaudoncourt , p . 162 . VOL . XXXVI . NO . LXXI . C bastion of the Bohemian mountains , hanging almost over his.
... , the emperor could not afford , except in the very last necessity , to give up Dresden . See the very sensible criticism of Vaudoncourt , p . 162 . VOL . XXXVI . NO . LXXI . C bastion of the Bohemian mountains , hanging almost over his.
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... give the wel- come Very glad to see you , sir , but would rather not see your soldiers . ' The French , indeed , independently of their - Relative Strength of Parties . 19 position as foreigners and 18 Napoleon in the Year 1813 .
... give the wel- come Very glad to see you , sir , but would rather not see your soldiers . ' The French , indeed , independently of their - Relative Strength of Parties . 19 position as foreigners and 18 Napoleon in the Year 1813 .
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... give up ) , or his interior line , have saved him from destruction ? Instead of Mantua , let us now take Dresden , and see what ad- vantages the central position and the inner line offer there . We shall use a simple diagram , for ...
... give up ) , or his interior line , have saved him from destruction ? Instead of Mantua , let us now take Dresden , and see what ad- vantages the central position and the inner line offer there . We shall use a simple diagram , for ...
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