The Orange River Sovereignty (1848–1854) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in southern Africa. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State province of South Africa.
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Famous quotes containing the words orange, river and/or sovereignty:
“the great orange bed where we lie
like two frozen paintings in a field of poppies.”
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“the folk-lore
Of each of the senses; call it, again and again,
The river that flows nowhere, like a sea.”
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As is the osprey to the fish, who takes it
By sovereignty of nature.”
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