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Page 211
... Magyar Character- istics - Mr . John Paget's Views of them - Their Supposed Indolence- From Vienna to Budapest by the Danube - Pressburg and Francis Joseph's Coronation - Komorn and " Come To - morrow ! " - Gran and its Wealthy See ...
... Magyar Character- istics - Mr . John Paget's Views of them - Their Supposed Indolence- From Vienna to Budapest by the Danube - Pressburg and Francis Joseph's Coronation - Komorn and " Come To - morrow ! " - Gran and its Wealthy See ...
Page 213
... Magyar to be a descendant of the historical Hun . Present - day British journalists , however , have assigned the name of Hun to the north Germans , on account , no doubt , of the latter's Hunnish practices . But there surely is no ...
... Magyar to be a descendant of the historical Hun . Present - day British journalists , however , have assigned the name of Hun to the north Germans , on account , no doubt , of the latter's Hunnish practices . But there surely is no ...
Page 214
... Magyar was a born horseman . As a matter of fact , few of his race can ride at all , and then only indifferently well . The greater part of the light cavalry of the old - time Austrian armies was formed not of Hungarians , but of Croats ...
... Magyar was a born horseman . As a matter of fact , few of his race can ride at all , and then only indifferently well . The greater part of the light cavalry of the old - time Austrian armies was formed not of Hungarians , but of Croats ...
Page 215
... Magyar character . He had previously been a great believer in the innate indolence of the race , and the latter's vigorous rising against Austrian tyranny had really surprised him . We know , however , that other races — seem- ingly ...
... Magyar character . He had previously been a great believer in the innate indolence of the race , and the latter's vigorous rising against Austrian tyranny had really surprised him . We know , however , that other races — seem- ingly ...
Page 220
... Magyar ascendancy in Hungary was largely utilised to oppress the other races established in the kingdom . Magyar ambition , moreover , has expanded to a degree which few people anticipated , for it aims nowadays at predominance ...
... Magyar ascendancy in Hungary was largely utilised to oppress the other races established in the kingdom . Magyar ambition , moreover , has expanded to a degree which few people anticipated , for it aims nowadays at predominance ...
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