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Examples
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Budapest, called in German "Ofen", through the influence of
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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Buda ( "Ofen") two years ago during the great coronation festival, King
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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German “Ofen”, through the influence of Hungarish legends, but, as G. Heinrich has shown, had no definite localization in the older M.H.G. epics.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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"Papa emperor," cried the Archduke Francis Charles, wonderingly, "but your majesty told me at Ofen that every one was abhorring Bonaparte, and --"
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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Curiously enough, however, there are thousands of loyal Austrians, German by birth, living in Buda -- or Ofen, as the
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Oh, I am well versed in the Bonaparte game; papa emperor was so gracious as to play it often with me at Ofen, when we were fleeing from that man; and his majesty taught me also how to insult Bonaparte.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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Hungary was given in charge of the King's son Wenceslaus, who was crowned as King of that country and resided some time at Ofen.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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The origin of Pest proper is obscure, but the name, apparently derived from the old Slavonic _pestj_, a stove (like Ofen, the German name of Buda), seems to point to an early Slavonic settlement.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Ofen-Pest some years ago for the Jubilee celebration, which had included a number of Hungarian national dances, the
William of Germany Stanley Shaw
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While the Hungarian army, instead of marching on Vienna, lost valuable time before Ofen, the Austrian
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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