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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... natural product of the steppes of the Don , and not an importation from the west of Europe . When one looks at the towering chako of the lancer , or the antique helmet of the heavy dragoon , they appear rather intended for show at a ...
... natural product of the steppes of the Don , and not an importation from the west of Europe . When one looks at the towering chako of the lancer , or the antique helmet of the heavy dragoon , they appear rather intended for show at a ...
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... naturally very courageous ; and , like all foreigners that enjoy a supremacy through the valour of their forefathers , much more sincere than the Servians or the Wallachians . Their defects are also the Asiatic defects - pride and ...
... naturally very courageous ; and , like all foreigners that enjoy a supremacy through the valour of their forefathers , much more sincere than the Servians or the Wallachians . Their defects are also the Asiatic defects - pride and ...
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... naturally more or less associated with the idea of aristo- cracy and supremacy , and while the Croats and Servians , and the great majority of Slovacks , much to their honour , were rather proud of their nationality than ashamed of it ...
... naturally more or less associated with the idea of aristo- cracy and supremacy , and while the Croats and Servians , and the great majority of Slovacks , much to their honour , were rather proud of their nationality than ashamed of it ...
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... natural dams at the iron gates , this part of the Banat is formed of the alluvion from the Save , with all its Bosniac tributaries , from the very ridges that overlook the Adriatic . In the case of most parts of a Continent , the rivers ...
... natural dams at the iron gates , this part of the Banat is formed of the alluvion from the Save , with all its Bosniac tributaries , from the very ridges that overlook the Adriatic . In the case of most parts of a Continent , the rivers ...
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... natural citadel , the one hundred and seven day's siege of which is the most memorable and thrilling episode of the whole war ; but this keep its Magyar besiegers never entered , even although two - thirds of the garrison were in the ...
... natural citadel , the one hundred and seven day's siege of which is the most memorable and thrilling episode of the whole war ; but this keep its Magyar besiegers never entered , even although two - thirds of the garrison were in the ...
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