Essays on Italy and Ireland, and the United States of America ...Trübner & Company, 1868 - 336 pages |
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... maintained at the expense of the municipality , and are entirely under its control . The government bears a part of the expense of the other establish- ments , and has a voice in their management . There are , besides , evening schools ...
... maintained at the expense of the municipality , and are entirely under its control . The government bears a part of the expense of the other establish- ments , and has a voice in their management . There are , besides , evening schools ...
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... maintained at the expense of the municipality , which alone has the direction and care of them . At the close of 1864 Milan possessed not less than 44 schools , containing 200 school - rooms , 275 teachers , and 12,695 pupils , as given ...
... maintained at the expense of the municipality , which alone has the direction and care of them . At the close of 1864 Milan possessed not less than 44 schools , containing 200 school - rooms , 275 teachers , and 12,695 pupils , as given ...
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... maintains herself in that province by means of an army of 150,000 men resting on the famous Quadrilateral . The forti- fications of Venice itself have been considerably aug- mented since the war of 1859. The Venetian territory has been ...
... maintains herself in that province by means of an army of 150,000 men resting on the famous Quadrilateral . The forti- fications of Venice itself have been considerably aug- mented since the war of 1859. The Venetian territory has been ...
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... principle of justice , is maintained , so long will it continue to bear the same bitter fruit . Let us suppose for a moment that the war of 1859 C had restored Venice to freedom , that she had been MILAN AND VENICE SINCE THE WAR OF 1859.
... principle of justice , is maintained , so long will it continue to bear the same bitter fruit . Let us suppose for a moment that the war of 1859 C had restored Venice to freedom , that she had been MILAN AND VENICE SINCE THE WAR OF 1859.
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... maintain that the Venetians are degenerated , and are unworthy of liberty ; that Italians will not fight , that their country is a land of the dead . In answer to such accusations we point , on the one hand , to those proofs of vitality ...
... maintain that the Venetians are degenerated , and are unworthy of liberty ; that Italians will not fight , that their country is a land of the dead . In answer to such accusations we point , on the one hand , to those proofs of vitality ...
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