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... Palaces , ... ..... 176 .......... 177 .181 XX . - Steam - Engines , .. ..185 ..... XXI . - Adventures , .. ... 194 XXII . - Peter the Great , ...... ............... .. ..... 204 XXIII . The Philosophy of Kant , .....
... Palaces , ... ..... 176 .......... 177 .181 XX . - Steam - Engines , .. ..185 ..... XXI . - Adventures , .. ... 194 XXII . - Peter the Great , ...... ............... .. ..... 204 XXIII . The Philosophy of Kant , .....
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... palaces , no schools ; England has built no bridges , made no high roads , cut no navigations , dug out no reservoirs . Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument , either of state or beneficence , behind ...
... palaces , no schools ; England has built no bridges , made no high roads , cut no navigations , dug out no reservoirs . Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument , either of state or beneficence , behind ...
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... palaces , and towers . He left nothing standing but a piece of the western wall , and the three towers of Hippicos , Phasael , and Mari- amne ; the former to serve as a redoubt to one of his legions , which he left there to prevent the ...
... palaces , and towers . He left nothing standing but a piece of the western wall , and the three towers of Hippicos , Phasael , and Mari- amne ; the former to serve as a redoubt to one of his legions , which he left there to prevent the ...
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... palaces of Petræa were excavated . 66 Among other pictures that the wandering Jew gives of ancient manners , his account of the death of Demonax the Cynic , at Athens , may be taken as an- other specimen of the style of the book ...
... palaces of Petræa were excavated . 66 Among other pictures that the wandering Jew gives of ancient manners , his account of the death of Demonax the Cynic , at Athens , may be taken as an- other specimen of the style of the book ...
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... palace . A vague rumour is abroad this morning , that he intends to assume the imperial dignity himself , and will re - assemble the senate . But some doubt the truth of this opinion ; alleging , how can he wear the purple but as ...
... palace . A vague rumour is abroad this morning , that he intends to assume the imperial dignity himself , and will re - assemble the senate . But some doubt the truth of this opinion ; alleging , how can he wear the purple but as ...
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