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... Christianity under the walls of Vienna ( seventeenth century ) , and many other great and learned men - a country which was remarkable for its tolerance , which re- ceived the persecuted Protestants at a time when the religious question ...
... Christianity under the walls of Vienna ( seventeenth century ) , and many other great and learned men - a country which was remarkable for its tolerance , which re- ceived the persecuted Protestants at a time when the religious question ...
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... Christian rite , although the father , like all the other inhabitants of the country , was a heathen . From the time of the visit of the travellers the barrels of honey in his cellars were always full , and the food in the larder was ...
... Christian rite , although the father , like all the other inhabitants of the country , was a heathen . From the time of the visit of the travellers the barrels of honey in his cellars were always full , and the food in the larder was ...
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... Christian by the two travellers , but had not yet been instructed in the Christian faith . After the death , of Ziemowit his son Leszek reigned for a brief period , and was succeeded by his son Ziemomysl . The latter had a son born ...
... Christian by the two travellers , but had not yet been instructed in the Christian faith . After the death , of Ziemowit his son Leszek reigned for a brief period , and was succeeded by his son Ziemomysl . The latter had a son born ...
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... Christian religion , should be taught to the heathen over whom he should be called to reign . You must remember that all that I have thus far told you of the history of Poland is considered as belonging to the fabulous era , being based ...
... Christian religion , should be taught to the heathen over whom he should be called to reign . You must remember that all that I have thus far told you of the history of Poland is considered as belonging to the fabulous era , being based ...
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... Christianity , the real history of the country commences . However we must notice that , though we deem those ... Christian missionaries , who had arrived near the river Vistula to pro- pagate the true light , advised Miecislas to ...
... Christianity , the real history of the country commences . However we must notice that , though we deem those ... Christian missionaries , who had arrived near the river Vistula to pro- pagate the true light , advised Miecislas to ...
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Page 1 - But woe awaits a country when she sees the tears of bearded men.
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Page 119 - be false, it will disappear on account of its very falsity, and we shall hear no more of it; but if it be true, it will endure from generation to generation.