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Page 1133
... Russia against Sweden ; given up to Charles XII . , tortured , and executed . Patmore , COVENTRY KEARSEY DEIGHTON , 1823-1896 . Eng- lish poet . His Angel in the House includes The Betrothal , 1854 , The Espousals , 1856 , and two more ...
... Russia against Sweden ; given up to Charles XII . , tortured , and executed . Patmore , COVENTRY KEARSEY DEIGHTON , 1823-1896 . Eng- lish poet . His Angel in the House includes The Betrothal , 1854 , The Espousals , 1856 , and two more ...
Page 1135
... Russia 1796 ; son of Peter III . and Catharine II .; feeble and inconsistent ; slain by conspira- tors , who meant to force his abdication . Paul , HERMANN , b . 1846. Prof. Munich ; one of the founders of the younger school of German ...
... Russia 1796 ; son of Peter III . and Catharine II .; feeble and inconsistent ; slain by conspira- tors , who meant to force his abdication . Paul , HERMANN , b . 1846. Prof. Munich ; one of the founders of the younger school of German ...
Page 1140
... Russia , s . of Gulf of Fin- The s . part is Lake land , ab . 87 m . long ; area 1,356 sq . m . Pskoff . Peirce , BENJAMIN , LL.D. , 1809-1880 . Prof. Harvard from 1833 ; Supt . U. S. Coast Survey 1867-74 ; of high authority as ...
... Russia , s . of Gulf of Fin- The s . part is Lake land , ab . 87 m . long ; area 1,356 sq . m . Pskoff . Peirce , BENJAMIN , LL.D. , 1809-1880 . Prof. Harvard from 1833 ; Supt . U. S. Coast Survey 1867-74 ; of high authority as ...
Page 1142
... Russia sends the sequently Botany Bay , Sydney , Tasmania , North and West majority of her criminals to the mines in Siberia . France sent convicts to French Guiana 1853-64 and Communists to New Caledonia 1871. Other European states ...
... Russia sends the sequently Botany Bay , Sydney , Tasmania , North and West majority of her criminals to the mines in Siberia . France sent convicts to French Guiana 1853-64 and Communists to New Caledonia 1871. Other European states ...
Page 1148
... Russia , Perekop , ISTHMUS OF . connecting the Crimea with the mainland of European Russia . It is crossed by a ship canal . block . One end of the leash is at- tached to the jesses , the other to a ring driven in- to the side or top of ...
... Russia , Perekop , ISTHMUS OF . connecting the Crimea with the mainland of European Russia . It is crossed by a ship canal . block . One end of the leash is at- tached to the jesses , the other to a ring driven in- to the side or top of ...
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