Switzerland (concluded), Russia and PolandHenry Smith Williams The Times, 1907 |
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... Bern . Here , as in most towns of the confed- eracy , a more and more formal and regular aristocracy had grown up by degrees in the course of centuries . From time immemorial the powers of government had been held by the avoyer and ...
... Bern . Here , as in most towns of the confed- eracy , a more and more formal and regular aristocracy had grown up by degrees in the course of centuries . From time immemorial the powers of government had been held by the avoyer and ...
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... Bern was doubled by the conquest of the Vaud , the assembly of the burghers ceased to be thought of . The dignities of the state became hereditary in those families which had once obtained a seat in the great council . It is true that ...
... Bern was doubled by the conquest of the Vaud , the assembly of the burghers ceased to be thought of . The dignities of the state became hereditary in those families which had once obtained a seat in the great council . It is true that ...
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... Bern , had for ned itself since the middle of the seventeenth century . A few houses , under the denomination of secret families , had contrived to exclude , not only the country people , but a large proportion likewise of the town ...
... Bern , had for ned itself since the middle of the seventeenth century . A few houses , under the denomination of secret families , had contrived to exclude , not only the country people , but a large proportion likewise of the town ...
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... Bern and Zurich , received a confederate garrison , and main- tuned used by fore of arms and by execution of its principal antagonists . A renewal of the disturbances which had been quelled by such violent meas- Imes was procured in ...
... Bern and Zurich , received a confederate garrison , and main- tuned used by fore of arms and by execution of its principal antagonists . A renewal of the disturbances which had been quelled by such violent meas- Imes was procured in ...
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... Bern were expected , and tumultuously demanded the convocation of the burgher assembly , the sovereign authority of Geneva . The council con- trived to win over the members of this body so far that they voted unani- mously the ...
... Bern were expected , and tumultuously demanded the convocation of the burgher assembly , the sovereign authority of Geneva . The council con- trived to win over the members of this body so far that they voted unani- mously the ...
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