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Hence to Lubick called otherwise Lwow or Lemberg, the capital of White Russia, where he was detained by illness for three months. From that place he went to Cracow, the capital of Poland; and by Breslau in Silesia, Misnia, Eger, Ratisbon, and Freysingen, back to Munich, having been absent for more than thirty-two years. Forster, Voy. and Disc. in the North, p. 158.
They had been close to Drialdow, in Lwow, even close to Cracow itself. 'Do you know Cracow, lady? 'I do. 'Well, then, just there, just five miles from Cracow. The bitter cold of a windy day penetrated to our bones. To think that the town was only five miles off! I went away to return to the packing of my books. At the door I noticed a woman standing, a neighbour; she was frightened and timid.
The third stage may be described as the battle for Lemberg, or Lwow. Lemberg is the ancient capital of Galicia, and formerly bore the name of Lwow. The Austrians many years ago had changed it to "Lemberg."
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