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... Prince Danilo of Montenegro and of the Saviour of Greece , and Officer of the Order of St Alexander of Bulgaria . JOHN DYNELEY PRINCE , PH.D. Professor of Semitic Languages , Columbia University , New York . Took part in the Expedition ...
... Prince Danilo of Montenegro and of the Saviour of Greece , and Officer of the Order of St Alexander of Bulgaria . JOHN DYNELEY PRINCE , PH.D. Professor of Semitic Languages , Columbia University , New York . Took part in the Expedition ...
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... PRINCE PETER ALEXEIVITCH KROPOTKIN . See the biographical article : KROPOTKIN , PRINCE PETER A. PETER CHALMERS MITCHELL , F.R.S. , F.Z.S. , D.Sc. , LL.D. Secretary to the Zoological Society of London from 1903. University Demon- strator ...
... PRINCE PETER ALEXEIVITCH KROPOTKIN . See the biographical article : KROPOTKIN , PRINCE PETER A. PETER CHALMERS MITCHELL , F.R.S. , F.Z.S. , D.Sc. , LL.D. Secretary to the Zoological Society of London from 1903. University Demon- strator ...
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... Prince Henry of Nassau , and in 1660-1662 was gentleman in ordinary to the queen of Bohemia ( Elizabeth Stuart , daughter of James I. of England ) . He then served against the Dutch , and in 1672 was commissioned major in what is said ...
... Prince Henry of Nassau , and in 1660-1662 was gentleman in ordinary to the queen of Bohemia ( Elizabeth Stuart , daughter of James I. of England ) . He then served against the Dutch , and in 1672 was commissioned major in what is said ...
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... prince bishop of Breslau . He died at Breslau on the 9th of July 1677. In 1657 Silesius published under the title Heilige Seelenlust , oder geistliche Hirtenlieder der in ihren Jesum verliebten Psyche ( 1657 ) , a collection of 205 ...
... prince bishop of Breslau . He died at Breslau on the 9th of July 1677. In 1657 Silesius published under the title Heilige Seelenlust , oder geistliche Hirtenlieder der in ihren Jesum verliebten Psyche ( 1657 ) , a collection of 205 ...
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... Prince , a poem by the poet Chandos , composed about 1386 , and relating the life of the Black Prince from 1346-1376 ( re - edited by Francisque Michel , London and Paris , 1883 ) ; and , lastly , the different versions of the Brutes ...
... Prince , a poem by the poet Chandos , composed about 1386 , and relating the life of the Black Prince from 1346-1376 ( re - edited by Francisque Michel , London and Paris , 1883 ) ; and , lastly , the different versions of the Brutes ...
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