Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1979 : to which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History, Volume 1, Part 2American News Company, 1879 |
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... German descent , who came to Palestine under the inspiration of a reli- gious conviction that it was necessary for Christian people to occupy the Holy Land . This enterprise did not flourish , and Mr. Hardegg devoted himself to hotel ...
... German descent , who came to Palestine under the inspiration of a reli- gious conviction that it was necessary for Christian people to occupy the Holy Land . This enterprise did not flourish , and Mr. Hardegg devoted himself to hotel ...
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... German , Hungarian , Italian , Polish , Armenian , and Greek . We had happened to enter an eating house frequented by military men , and the officers were apparently discussing the condition of affairs , which , though unfortunate they ...
... German , Hungarian , Italian , Polish , Armenian , and Greek . We had happened to enter an eating house frequented by military men , and the officers were apparently discussing the condition of affairs , which , though unfortunate they ...
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... Germany had no unity . It was an agglomeration of states , with politi- cal aspirations , with but the feeblest political cohesion . Ger- man interests were the same , but the petty princes acted only as impelled by whim or caprice . It ...
... Germany had no unity . It was an agglomeration of states , with politi- cal aspirations , with but the feeblest political cohesion . Ger- man interests were the same , but the petty princes acted only as impelled by whim or caprice . It ...
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... German ideas . Its position cannot be praised , for it lies on a sandy plain , and through the city runs the Spree , a rather insignificant torpid stream . Its progress in importance has been a rapid one , for in 1817 Berlin had only ...
... German ideas . Its position cannot be praised , for it lies on a sandy plain , and through the city runs the Spree , a rather insignificant torpid stream . Its progress in importance has been a rapid one , for in 1817 Berlin had only ...
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... German idea . But to return to this principal street , " Unter den Linden . " On this main thor- oughfare are placed the majority of the hotels of the foreign VISIT TO THE ARSENAL . 399 representatives , and as 398 BERLIN .
... German idea . But to return to this principal street , " Unter den Linden . " On this main thor- oughfare are placed the majority of the hotels of the foreign VISIT TO THE ARSENAL . 399 representatives , and as 398 BERLIN .
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