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On March 24th., the Westphalians crossed the Elbe, von Borcke (it is a common error in American literature to spell the predicate of nobility _von_ with a capital V when at the beginning of a period, while neither von nor the corresponding French de as predicate of nobility should ever be spelled with a capital) at that time suffered from intermittent fever, but was cured by the use of calisaya bark.
Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Achilles Rose 1877
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Another little one, attracted by this observation, pointed to the elephant, and said in German: 'Und der ist elephant: er kommt von weiten, von ausland -- _von morgenland_!'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 Various 1836
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Die Kurven, die sie dort beobachten können, wo das Holz den sahnigen weichen Geschmack zu unterstützen beginnt, beweisen, dass ein von der Natur geformtes Blatt des Lorbeers die Arbeit übernommen hat, von Festigkeit und Stütze uns im Dienst des Entwurfs von Goetz angeboten haben.
Tree Bench 2009
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Today police found a note in von Brunns car, reading in part, The Holocaust is a lie.
Wonk Room » Arrested White Supremacist Blogger Tied To Hannity, Buchanan 2009
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Then aged 34, and an accomplished actor on stage and screen, Plummer had been underwhelmed by the part of Captain von Trapp, the Austrian single-parent who employs an outspoken former nun called Maria as governess to his seven children.
The Sound of Music cast reunite Ed Pilkington in New York 2010
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A German officer, Captain von Lübbers was assigned to the Department of Prisoners of War in the Ministry of War early in World War I. Von Lübbers served as the military escort to Archibald Harte and Christian Phildius as they made their initial investigations of German prison camps in March 1915.
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With Prince Maximilian of Baden, Professor Thomas Hall, Captain von Bönigk, and Conrad Hoffman, Niedermeyer became a member of the Executive Committee of this organization, which oversaw daily WPA operations.
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Note 63: "Der Nonne von Engelthal Büchlein von der Gnaden Uberlast," ed.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Mittlerweile sind die meisten Manner, die nach Ansicht von Dr. Morgenthaler, die Verwendung von Viagra als Mittel der Inspiration, und nicht als ein von Arzneimitteln.
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Mittlerweile sind die meisten Manner, die nach Ansicht von Dr. Morgenthaler, die Verwendung von Viagra als Mittel der Inspiration, und nicht als ein von Arzneimitteln.
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