Word: fortress
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...should appear without a good map. Besides the little bibliography, a brief table of the chief events in Scottish history might be worth adding; and the long account of Edinburgh Castle would be very greatly illuminated by one of the numerous old plans of this grand but much altered fortress...
...history of the convention of the States General of 1789, and told the story of the burning of the toll-gates, the closing of the Opera, the sack of the Hotel des Invalides, and finally the storming of the Bastille. The murder of Delaunay, the governor of the fortress, caused the latent bloodthirstiness of the Paris mob, whose excesses have become so famous, to break forth in all its fury...
...considered by some thinkers to be not second to that of Greece, an educational system which is in some respects--notably in the education of public officials by the state--a model for others, and a religion which until the last three of four years has seemed an impregnable fortress. Since the Boxer war, however, the attitude of the literati has rapidly changed from hostility to interest and confidence in occidentals and their civilization. The Chinese are looking for another religion and are modernizing their education. Western influence must operate through the educated class, and the strategic points...
...believes him incapable of true love. Colonel von Rembach also desires to marry Sophie. Reinhard von Feldt, a young and bashful lawyer, and Valeska von Rembach are furthermore desperately in love. Because of a duel Viktor is sentenced to four weeks imprisonment at Colonel von Rembach's fortress...
...second act, he arrives at the Colonel's home to report, on the very evening of a ball. He is invited to stay until the time arrives for him to leave for the fortress. The following scenes are filled with humorous misunderstandings...