Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic: Or, Contributions to the Modern History of Hungary and Transylvania, Dalmatia and Croatia, Servia and Bulgaria, Volume 2F. A. Brockhaus, 1861 - 366 pages |
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... Daco - Romans . As far as the dark obscurity of the history of this country before the Roman conquest allows us to enquire , the Dacians , the aborigines , spoke a language resembling the Thracian ; but here , as well as throughout most ...
... Daco - Romans . As far as the dark obscurity of the history of this country before the Roman conquest allows us to enquire , the Dacians , the aborigines , spoke a language resembling the Thracian ; but here , as well as throughout most ...
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... Daco - Romans of the Danube . From 1718 to 1779 the Banat was an integral part of the Austrian Empire , and in that period the aspect of the duchy was completely altered from that of a desolate Turkish Pashalic to that of a flourishing ...
... Daco - Romans of the Danube . From 1718 to 1779 the Banat was an integral part of the Austrian Empire , and in that period the aspect of the duchy was completely altered from that of a desolate Turkish Pashalic to that of a flourishing ...
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... Daco - Roman the worst of all , their farm yards being in a most filthy and disorderly state . The Daco - Roman is the most lazy of men , and if reproached for his want of industry and economy , answers , " God , who takes care of the ...
... Daco - Roman the worst of all , their farm yards being in a most filthy and disorderly state . The Daco - Roman is the most lazy of men , and if reproached for his want of industry and economy , answers , " God , who takes care of the ...
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... Daco - Roman nation , who for a long time steadily refused ; at last an officer , one day entering a casemate ... Daco - Romans immediately answered , " Oh yes , we can eat it ; " and from that date they consumed horse - flesh like the ...
... Daco - Roman nation , who for a long time steadily refused ; at last an officer , one day entering a casemate ... Daco - Romans immediately answered , " Oh yes , we can eat it ; " and from that date they consumed horse - flesh like the ...
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... Daco - Roman country , I might literally apply the words of Châteaubriand , in speaking of the journey of his life ... Daco - Romans , who have lived for centuries in the most abject helotry , as may be judged of by a short list which I ...
... Daco - Roman country , I might literally apply the words of Châteaubriand , in speaking of the journey of his life ... Daco - Romans , who have lived for centuries in the most abject helotry , as may be judged of by a short list which I ...
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