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Following Paracelsus, Glocenius, Burgrave, Helinotius, Robert Fludd, and Kircher believed that the magnet represented the universal principle by which all natural phenomena might be explained.
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten
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Then they destroyed the house where their governor or Burgrave had lived and they were henceforth ruled by a council selected from their own number.
Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Jennie Ellis Keysor
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Frederick was of a very old family, and in this respect, as in some others, the house destined to become so great in the North bore a close resemblance to that other house destined to reign in the South, that of Savoy, which became regal not long after the elevation of descendants of the Burgrave of Nürnberg to royal rank.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various
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William, as Burgrave of Antwerp, was able to restore order in that city, promising the citizens that they should have the right to assemble for worship outside the walls.
Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead
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Friedrich of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nürnberg; for there had come from
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various
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Their number soon increased and a larger monastery was built for them (about 1090) by Burgrave Otto of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg, the Mark of Brandenburg in fief, to which he added on 30 April, 1415, the electoral dignity and the office of lord high chancellor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Burgrave of Ghent, and the escapades of Count Baldwin.
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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My riches go to the Burgrave for the comfort of this city where they were won.
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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Frederick I of Bavaria, sixth Burgrave of Nuremberg, to be Margrave of
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886
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