Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... latter , those occasion- bie ( Inquiries concerning the Intellectual ed by the presence of some external ob- Powers , 2d ed . , Edinburgh , 1831 ) , in treata a ing of spectral illusions , refers them to particularly VISIGOTHS_VISIONS . 7.
... latter , those occasion- bie ( Inquiries concerning the Intellectual ed by the presence of some external ob- Powers , 2d ed . , Edinburgh , 1831 ) , in treata a ing of spectral illusions , refers them to particularly VISIGOTHS_VISIONS . 7.
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... latter case , it is either too strong or too weak , too deep ( vox clangosa , if it is at the same time too strong , and raucitas gravis , if it is at the same time too weak ) , or too high ( oxyphonia , which again is di- vided into ...
... latter case , it is either too strong or too weak , too deep ( vox clangosa , if it is at the same time too strong , and raucitas gravis , if it is at the same time too weak ) , or too high ( oxyphonia , which again is di- vided into ...
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... latter years , the friend of the poor , and and placed his bust by the side of Cor- the protector of the oppressed . Notwithneille . At the sixth representation , he standing all his admirers , he gained no came into the theatre ; and ...
... latter years , the friend of the poor , and and placed his bust by the side of Cor- the protector of the oppressed . Notwithneille . At the sixth representation , he standing all his admirers , he gained no came into the theatre ; and ...
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... latter , however , does by uo means Presburg , to Bavaria ; but , in 1814 , were always indicate nobility . There are a few restored to Austria . The country is mouncases , also , in Germany , in which von tainous , and watered by ...
... latter , however , does by uo means Presburg , to Bavaria ; but , in 1814 , were always indicate nobility . There are a few restored to Austria . The country is mouncases , also , in Germany , in which von tainous , and watered by ...
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... latter capital he acquired Pelagiana ; Institutiones Historica , Gram- great distinction . He remained in Italy maticæ , Poetice ; Etymologicon Lingue tourteen years , when he was sent for by Latina ; De Vitiis Sermonis ; De Philo ...
... latter capital he acquired Pelagiana ; Institutiones Historica , Gram- great distinction . He remained in Italy maticæ , Poetice ; Etymologicon Lingue tourteen years , when he was sent for by Latina ; De Vitiis Sermonis ; De Philo ...
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Page 233 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
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Page 473 - Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
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