Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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Page 15
... Saxon circle of Voigtland , the bailiwic of Weida and Ziegenrück , in the grand duchy of Saxe - Weimar , the territories of the princes and counts of Reuss , the district of Hof , now included in the Bavarian circle of the Upper Maine ...
... Saxon circle of Voigtland , the bailiwic of Weida and Ziegenrück , in the grand duchy of Saxe - Weimar , the territories of the princes and counts of Reuss , the district of Hof , now included in the Bavarian circle of the Upper Maine ...
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... Saxon . At a later period , the h was put after the w , though the pronunciation remained hw , for when is pronounced hwen . It is a peculiarity of some Ger- man vulgar dialects to put m instead of w , and say mir for wir , and Mörsing ...
... Saxon . At a later period , the h was put after the w , though the pronunciation remained hw , for when is pronounced hwen . It is a peculiarity of some Ger- man vulgar dialects to put m instead of w , and say mir for wir , and Mörsing ...
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... Saxons ; and other divisions were on the way . The archduke Charles , on the left bank of the Danube , was in a less fortunate situation . His loss , also , had been severe ; and his army consisted , in a great measure , of raw troops ...
... Saxons ; and other divisions were on the way . The archduke Charles , on the left bank of the Danube , was in a less fortunate situation . His loss , also , had been severe ; and his army consisted , in a great measure , of raw troops ...
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... Saxons , took refuge in these fastnesses , or fled to the continent of Europe , where they gave their name to Brittany . ( See Gael . ) The Welsh language is Celtic . ( See Roberts's Cambrian popular Antiquities ( London , 1815 ) , and ...
... Saxons , took refuge in these fastnesses , or fled to the continent of Europe , where they gave their name to Brittany . ( See Gael . ) The Welsh language is Celtic . ( See Roberts's Cambrian popular Antiquities ( London , 1815 ) , and ...
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... Saxon circle , against the league , the emperor found himself in great em- barrassment , from want of money and troops . Wallenstein offered to raise an army of 50,000 men at his own expense , and without the least contribution on the ...
... Saxon circle , against the league , the emperor found himself in great em- barrassment , from want of money and troops . Wallenstein offered to raise an army of 50,000 men at his own expense , and without the least contribution on the ...
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