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... Prussian non - commissioned officer has improved his manners , or that I have improved mine , must be left for other criticism to decide . But , civil or not , they know exactly what it is their duty to do , and they do it exactly . The ...
... Prussian non - commissioned officer has improved his manners , or that I have improved mine , must be left for other criticism to decide . But , civil or not , they know exactly what it is their duty to do , and they do it exactly . The ...
Page 189
... Prussia . Go and stand at the eastern end of Unter den Linden and you will begin to realise it . All round you is a coronet of public buildings , not surpassed for stateliness anywhere outside Paris and Vienna . But notice that as they ...
... Prussia . Go and stand at the eastern end of Unter den Linden and you will begin to realise it . All round you is a coronet of public buildings , not surpassed for stateliness anywhere outside Paris and Vienna . But notice that as they ...
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... Prussia was but a German State among its equals . Then walk back along the Linden , and look at the new Reichstag ! It is all ablaze with gilt ; the roof , and porches , and walls are as thick with florid statuary - goddesses , knights ...
... Prussia was but a German State among its equals . Then walk back along the Linden , and look at the new Reichstag ! It is all ablaze with gilt ; the roof , and porches , and walls are as thick with florid statuary - goddesses , knights ...
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... Prussia are haloed in the vulgar light of a penny gaff . Berlin can be dazzling , but it can also be very tawdry . The Kaiser's city is something of a parvenu among capitals after all . 193 III . THE KAISER . It was noon on 192 UNDER ...
... Prussia are haloed in the vulgar light of a penny gaff . Berlin can be dazzling , but it can also be very tawdry . The Kaiser's city is something of a parvenu among capitals after all . 193 III . THE KAISER . It was noon on 192 UNDER ...
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... Prussia : Germany as an em- pire contributes nothing - is the enormous sum of 15,000,000 marks , or £ 750,000 ; yet he is said to be deep in debt . And at each new piece of ostentation people shake their heads , and have already begun ...
... Prussia : Germany as an em- pire contributes nothing - is the enormous sum of 15,000,000 marks , or £ 750,000 ; yet he is said to be deep in debt . And at each new piece of ostentation people shake their heads , and have already begun ...
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