The Quarterly Review, Volume 129John Murray, 1870 |
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... France Nouvelle . Par M. Prevost - Paradol de l'Académie Française . Dixième Edition . Paris , 1869 - IV . Hansard's Parliamentary Debates . 1870 - 369 - 392 V. - 1 . The Military Resources of Prussia and France . By Lieut . - Colonel ...
... France Nouvelle . Par M. Prevost - Paradol de l'Académie Française . Dixième Edition . Paris , 1869 - IV . Hansard's Parliamentary Debates . 1870 - 369 - 392 V. - 1 . The Military Resources of Prussia and France . By Lieut . - Colonel ...
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... France . ' Nor is this at all impro- bable , considering that , on the 1st of June , 1701 , William had named him General of the Foot and Commander - in - Chief of his Majesty's Forces in Holland , and , on the 28th of the same month ...
... France . ' Nor is this at all impro- bable , considering that , on the 1st of June , 1701 , William had named him General of the Foot and Commander - in - Chief of his Majesty's Forces in Holland , and , on the 28th of the same month ...
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... France Compté , and from France , have come here in crowds . There are several bath - rooms , with a principal one , a large building constructed in an oval form , after the antique . It is thirty - five paces long , and fifteen wide ...
... France Compté , and from France , have come here in crowds . There are several bath - rooms , with a principal one , a large building constructed in an oval form , after the antique . It is thirty - five paces long , and fifteen wide ...
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... France and to Vichy , which Madame de Sevigné visited in 1676 and 1677. What strikes one most on reading her letters , is the admiration she expresses for the country about Vichy , and for the banks of the Allier . To ordi- nary eyes in ...
... France and to Vichy , which Madame de Sevigné visited in 1676 and 1677. What strikes one most on reading her letters , is the admiration she expresses for the country about Vichy , and for the banks of the Allier . To ordi- nary eyes in ...
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... France . 3. At a slightly lower elevation generally , although some , like Engelberg , are higher , come many of the favourite spots of the milk and whey cure - among which the Swiss ones are pre- eminent , such as Heiden , Weissbad ...
... France . 3. At a slightly lower elevation generally , although some , like Engelberg , are higher , come many of the favourite spots of the milk and whey cure - among which the Swiss ones are pre- eminent , such as Heiden , Weissbad ...
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