Comments on: Crimean a River http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/09/crimean_a_river.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/09/crimean_a_river.html#comment-44647 Rueful Red Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:33:45 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/?p=9061#comment-44647 <p>History's finished? I knew something had happened. Or not.</p> <p>"They perhaps forget that what was agreed at Vienna held at bay for almost a century a general European war."</p> <p>But it permitted the rise of Prussia as an imperial power and saw Prussia defeat France. It saw the collapse of the Ottoman empire as a European power and the decay of the Austrian empire. You can freeze the ice but the water still flows underneath (today's aged cliche).</p> History’s finished? I knew something had happened. Or not.

“They perhaps forget that what was agreed at Vienna held at bay for almost a century a general European war.”

But it permitted the rise of Prussia as an imperial power and saw Prussia defeat France. It saw the collapse of the Ottoman empire as a European power and the decay of the Austrian empire. You can freeze the ice but the water still flows underneath (today’s aged cliche).

]]> By: Brett_McS http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/09/crimean_a_river.html#comment-44629 Brett_McS Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:24:44 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/?p=9061#comment-44629 <p>I see married life hasn't blunted the ol' ninme title touch.</p> I see married life hasn’t blunted the ol’ ninme title touch.

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/09/crimean_a_river.html#comment-44574 HalfEmpty Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:40:55 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/?p=9061#comment-44574 <p>I hated it when history ended. However put me down firmly on the side of a long-term grammer hiatus.</p> I hated it when history ended. However put me down firmly on the side of a long-term grammer hiatus.

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