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Page 5 - CHAP. LXXIV. LAPLAND. 1. Lapland is a cold, desolate region, bounded by the Arctic Ocean on the north, by the White Sea on the east, by the Gulf of Bothnia on the south, and on the west by the Atlantic. The Laplanders are of the same race as the inhabitants of the frozen regions of North America. 2. Their country is barren, mountainous and dreary, their climate rigorous, and their soil covered with a scanty vegetation.
Page 70 - Charles was compelled, by the superior talent of the Austrian general, Charles of Lorraine, to expose Bavaria. He did not live to see the end of the war, but died Jan. 20, 1745. His son and successor, Maximilian Joseph III, who also assumed, at first, the title of archduke of Austria, made peace with Austria soon after, at Fussen (April 22, 1745), became one of the guarantees of the pragmatic sanction, promised the archduke Francis his vote in the election of...
Page 10 - When her thirst for vengeance was at last satisfied, she turned her thoughts to religion and was the first Russian princess to embrace Christianity.
Page 40 - Feodor to pass a law by which the peasants were forbidden to leave the land they lived on, and became the serfs and practically the chattels of their masters.