Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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... British were apprehensive that their commerce would be endangered , several bands of warriors having proceeded to the Persian gulf , formed a junction with the pirates , and disturbed the communication between Bassora , Mascat and India ...
... British were apprehensive that their commerce would be endangered , several bands of warriors having proceeded to the Persian gulf , formed a junction with the pirates , and disturbed the communication between Bassora , Mascat and India ...
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... British Empire ( 1804 ) ; Domestic Recreation ( 1805 ) ; Excursions in North America ( 1806 ) ; Sketches of Human Manners ( 1807 ) ; Variety ( 1809 ) ; Perambulations in London , & c . ( 1810 ) ; Instinct Displayed ( 1811 ) ; the ...
... British Empire ( 1804 ) ; Domestic Recreation ( 1805 ) ; Excursions in North America ( 1806 ) ; Sketches of Human Manners ( 1807 ) ; Variety ( 1809 ) ; Perambulations in London , & c . ( 1810 ) ; Instinct Displayed ( 1811 ) ; the ...
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... British govern- ment had recourse for purchasing troops in the American war . WALDENSES . This Christian sect , celebrated as the precursor of the refor- mation , appears , from old manuscripts in the university of Cambridge , to have ...
... British govern- ment had recourse for purchasing troops in the American war . WALDENSES . This Christian sect , celebrated as the precursor of the refor- mation , appears , from old manuscripts in the university of Cambridge , to have ...
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... British Ordovices and Silures , and was anciently called Cambria . In the ninth century , it was divided into three ... British throne , first conferred by Edward I on his son ( after- wards Edward II ) , at the time of his con ...
... British Ordovices and Silures , and was anciently called Cambria . In the ninth century , it was divided into three ... British throne , first conferred by Edward I on his son ( after- wards Edward II ) , at the time of his con ...
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... British minister . He was at first in the Hanoverian , then in the Prussian , and at length entered the Austrian service , in which he distinguished himself from 1796. In the campaign of 1813 , he was victorious over the French on the ...
... British minister . He was at first in the Hanoverian , then in the Prussian , and at length entered the Austrian service , in which he distinguished himself from 1796. In the campaign of 1813 , he was victorious over the French on the ...
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