A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Τόμος 2A. Fullarton and Company, 1832 |
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... obtained a share in the administration , which put an end to the oligarchy of noble families . The successive victories of Sempach , on the 9th of July , 1386 , and Nä- fels , on the 9th of April , 1389 , obtained an insecure peace for ...
... obtained a share in the administration , which put an end to the oligarchy of noble families . The successive victories of Sempach , on the 9th of July , 1386 , and Nä- fels , on the 9th of April , 1389 , obtained an insecure peace for ...
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... obtained by the Swiss over the Austrians in 1386 , and in which an anniversary sermon is preached every year on the 9th of June . CHAP . VII . - THE CANTON OF URI . Physical Features - the Gotthard . ] Schöpf estimates the superficial ...
... obtained by the Swiss over the Austrians in 1386 , and in which an anniversary sermon is preached every year on the 9th of June . CHAP . VII . - THE CANTON OF URI . Physical Features - the Gotthard . ] Schöpf estimates the superficial ...
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... obtained the appellation of the Netherlands , Pays Bas , or Low Countries , from its low situation in respect of Germany , and the extreme flatness of its surface , especially in Flanders , where one may travel a space of 50 miles ...
... obtained the appellation of the Netherlands , Pays Bas , or Low Countries , from its low situation in respect of Germany , and the extreme flatness of its surface , especially in Flanders , where one may travel a space of 50 miles ...
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... obtained a promise that the rigours of which the Protestants complained should be moderated . But in 1565 , it was discovered that the courts of Spain and France were concerting measures for nothing less than the total destruction of ...
... obtained a promise that the rigours of which the Protestants complained should be moderated . But in 1565 , it was discovered that the courts of Spain and France were concerting measures for nothing less than the total destruction of ...
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... obtained about the same time over the grand fleet of Alva . The duke now con- vinced that all his efforts would be ineffectual to render himself popular , resigned his power , and on Philip's order returned to Spain , to boast that in ...
... obtained about the same time over the grand fleet of Alva . The duke now con- vinced that all his efforts would be ineffectual to render himself popular , resigned his power , and on Philip's order returned to Spain , to boast that in ...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1832 |
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Σελίδα 432 - In the upper zone, which is 8 or 10 miles in breadth, vegetation entirely disappears. The surface is, for the most part, flat and even, presenting a dreary expanse of snow and ice. In the midst of this desert, the lofty summit of the mountain is descried at a distance, rearing its tremendous head above the surrounding snows, and vomiting out torrents of smoke. The ascent up this part is toilsome and hazardous. From the base the mountain rises, like a pyramid, by an acclivity nearly equal on all sides,...