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Page 110 - The Italian states became dependencies of Spain, except so far as Venice still remained a bulwark against the Turks.
Page 94 - Between the middle of the thirteenth and the middle of the fifteenth century, Russia was effectively separated from Europe and integrated into the oriental world.
Page 13 - Another people in Greece might not have done such great things as the Greeks did ; and the Greeks might not have done such great things in any other land.
Page 118 - The Empire had become a mere name ; but the Emperors, as Austrian princes, had gained greatly in the Netherlands and Italy, and also as Kings of Hungary against the Turks.