Schlesien
Americannoun
noun
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Friedrich recollects another thing, one of many others: that of those "ulterior mountains," which Austria had bargained for as Boundary to Schlesien.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas
Friedrich, after such trial and proof as has seldom been, got his claims on Schlesien allowed by the Destinies.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
Who first lived in Schlesien, or lived long since in it, there is no use in asking, nor in telling if one knew.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
III. part I. of Cohn's Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, and contains full descriptions of all Agarics indigenous to Silesia.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Here in 1842 he wrote his "Das Feldlager in Schlesien" in which Jenny Lind made a great success.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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