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... in them at consistently ridiculous prices . Munich lays itself out more for art , Hanover is healthier , Frankfurt is the heart of a more romantic country , Hamburg is gemmed with lagoons , THE KAISER'S CAPITAL III, THE KAISER.
... in them at consistently ridiculous prices . Munich lays itself out more for art , Hanover is healthier , Frankfurt is the heart of a more romantic country , Hamburg is gemmed with lagoons , THE KAISER'S CAPITAL III, THE KAISER.
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... Hanover was ruled by George V. , grandson of George III . and first cousin of the Queen . King George was quite blind , yet he always walked straight forward , very fast , and without swerving . That was the measure of his character ...
... Hanover was ruled by George V. , grandson of George III . and first cousin of the Queen . King George was quite blind , yet he always walked straight forward , very fast , and without swerving . That was the measure of his character ...
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... Hanover is as much an integral part of Prussia as Pomerania or Brandenburg ; if , therefore , in Hanover you still find gnawing discontent and detestation of the Kaiser's rule , what may you not look for else- where ? In the town of Hanover ...
... Hanover is as much an integral part of Prussia as Pomerania or Brandenburg ; if , therefore , in Hanover you still find gnawing discontent and detestation of the Kaiser's rule , what may you not look for else- where ? In the town of Hanover ...
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... Hanover has had its full share of the material prosperity which has followed it . In 1866 the town was merely a little dead - and - alive capital , like a dozen other capitals of divided Germany . All the tradesmen were by royal letters ...
... Hanover has had its full share of the material prosperity which has followed it . In 1866 the town was merely a little dead - and - alive capital , like a dozen other capitals of divided Germany . All the tradesmen were by royal letters ...
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... Hanover has ceased to be Legi- timist only to become Social Democrat . From the Government's point of view it has passed from one extreme of wrongness only to come out at the other . Dissatisfaction has changed its name , but not its ...
... Hanover has ceased to be Legi- timist only to become Social Democrat . From the Government's point of view it has passed from one extreme of wrongness only to come out at the other . Dissatisfaction has changed its name , but not its ...
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