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  • The barriers offered by the River Tagliamento and the many commanding heights of the Carnic and the Noric Alps were as nothing to the triumphant republicans; and from the heights that guard the province of Styria, the genius of Napoleon flashed as a terrifying portent to the Court of

    The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

  • If Switzerland, the Tyrol, the Noric provinces, some parts of Turkey and

    The Art of War Henri Jomini 1824

  • Obliged as he was to leave a corps of fifteen thousand men in the valley of the Adige to observe the Tyrol while he was operating toward the Noric Alps, he preferred to draw this corps to his aid, at the risk of losing temporarily his line of retreat, rather than leave the parts of his army disconnected and exposed to defeat in detail.

    The Art of War Henri Jomini 1824

  • The younger crowd seem to be into the 'Punk' scene; some weird looking locals ... and some hot Noric looking chicks if I can speak out loud.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • I brought him a present of knives, from Rome, because he's so smart; they're made of Noric steel, too. "

    Satyricon 2007

  • I brought him a present of knives, from Rome, because he's so smart; they're made of Noric steel, too. "

    The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • I brought him a present of knives, from Rome, because he's so smart; they're made of Noric steel, too. "

    The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • If Austria were the sole antagonist of France, she could not follow in the footsteps of the allies in 1814; neither is it probable that fifty thousand French will very soon risk themselves beyond the Noric Alps, in the very heart of Austria, as Napoleon did in 1797. [

    The Art of War Henri Jomini 1824

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