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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... seen on former occasions in Italy and elsewhere , very large reviews and concentrations of Austrian troops ; but as the armies of Russia had not seen service beyond the limits of their own empire and Turkey in Europe , in any portion of ...
... seen on former occasions in Italy and elsewhere , very large reviews and concentrations of Austrian troops ; but as the armies of Russia had not seen service beyond the limits of their own empire and Turkey in Europe , in any portion of ...
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... seen . On entering , I was struck with the very noble appearance of General Grabbe , the Russian commander , whose expression of countenance , intellectual , refined , and dignified , put me a good deal in mind of the Vandyke portrait ...
... seen . On entering , I was struck with the very noble appearance of General Grabbe , the Russian commander , whose expression of countenance , intellectual , refined , and dignified , put me a good deal in mind of the Vandyke portrait ...
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... seen so far off , had better be dispensed with . At a review the Russian troops do not wear their long great coats , which , on service , are the principal feature of their costume . They are of very strong thick light brown cloth ...
... seen so far off , had better be dispensed with . At a review the Russian troops do not wear their long great coats , which , on service , are the principal feature of their costume . They are of very strong thick light brown cloth ...
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... seen no house with a first floor , except the convent attached to one of the churches . I find the Magyar character to have a great resemblance to that of the Turks who followed them out of Central Asia . They are generous to profusion ...
... seen no house with a first floor , except the convent attached to one of the churches . I find the Magyar character to have a great resemblance to that of the Turks who followed them out of Central Asia . They are generous to profusion ...
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... seen , that , by a very peculiar geographical configuration , the Banat has the best part of the alluvial washings of the Theiss , the Maros , the Save , and the Danube . As nearly square as geographical forms usually approach to ...
... seen , that , by a very peculiar geographical configuration , the Banat has the best part of the alluvial washings of the Theiss , the Maros , the Save , and the Danube . As nearly square as geographical forms usually approach to ...
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