Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 6Royal Asiatic Society, 1835 |
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Page 120
... empire , the present Emperor has now obtained possession of them ; and not as regards this city only , but every town of his dominions ; having made it a law of the empire , that all the villas in the vicinity of the towns , within the ...
... empire , the present Emperor has now obtained possession of them ; and not as regards this city only , but every town of his dominions ; having made it a law of the empire , that all the villas in the vicinity of the towns , within the ...
Page 123
... empire are without number . When we were at Kolomna , some peasants from one of the villages came to see us ; and informed us , that in their village were more than twenty thousand souls , of whom more than eight thousand died of the ...
... empire are without number . When we were at Kolomna , some peasants from one of the villages came to see us ; and informed us , that in their village were more than twenty thousand souls , of whom more than eight thousand died of the ...
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... empire ! " See how different it is in this country ; where the police is so excellent , that a stranger can by no means hide himself from them ; where it is impossible for a spy , by any con- trivance , to enter their territory ; where ...
... empire ! " See how different it is in this country ; where the police is so excellent , that a stranger can by no means hide himself from them ; where it is impossible for a spy , by any con- trivance , to enter their territory ; where ...
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