Chambers's Edinburgh JournalW. Orr, 1843 - Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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Page 14
... canton , but the district has been annexed to France since the year 1795 ; and thus the French are fortunate in having secured a tract of country animated with the industry and common sense of a Swiss German population . At the distance ...
... canton , but the district has been annexed to France since the year 1795 ; and thus the French are fortunate in having secured a tract of country animated with the industry and common sense of a Swiss German population . At the distance ...
Page 15
... Canton under protection of the Chinese government : - " On the evening of our arrival at the city of Hainan ( which is about six miles from the northern extremity of the island of the same name ) , one of the soldiers who formed our ...
... Canton under protection of the Chinese government : - " On the evening of our arrival at the city of Hainan ( which is about six miles from the northern extremity of the island of the same name ) , one of the soldiers who formed our ...
Page 30
... canton , with judicious con- sideration , takes care that no citizen shall grow up in a state of ignorance dangerous to the community- parents are compelled , on pain of imprisonment , to send their children to school until their tenth ...
... canton , with judicious con- sideration , takes care that no citizen shall grow up in a state of ignorance dangerous to the community- parents are compelled , on pain of imprisonment , to send their children to school until their tenth ...
Page 31
... canton ; public contributions are also made at the bath - houses for the benefit of the humbler order of visitants . Some idea of the great estimation in which the waters are held , may be obtained from the fact that between the 6th of ...
... canton ; public contributions are also made at the bath - houses for the benefit of the humbler order of visitants . Some idea of the great estimation in which the waters are held , may be obtained from the fact that between the 6th of ...
Page 37
... canton of Argau , which , occupying a situation between Basle and Zurich , is distinguished chiefly for its agriculture and the abundance of its fruits and vegetables . The slips of level in the valley of the Limmat were under active ...
... canton of Argau , which , occupying a situation between Basle and Zurich , is distinguished chiefly for its agriculture and the abundance of its fruits and vegetables . The slips of level in the valley of the Limmat were under active ...
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