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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... sources , in order that the provinces might retain their ancient laws , but that the obligatory force of the law might pro- ceed from his own authority . This code was not abolished till about the middle of the seventh 1 *
... sources , in order that the provinces might retain their ancient laws , but that the obligatory force of the law might pro- ceed from his own authority . This code was not abolished till about the middle of the seventh 1 *
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... ancient collection of Spanish laws , the Fuero juzgo , or Forum Judicum , is drawn from the ancient laws of the Visigoths ; and many of them have been retained to the present day in the provincial law of Cas- tile and Catalonia . The ...
... ancient collection of Spanish laws , the Fuero juzgo , or Forum Judicum , is drawn from the ancient laws of the Visigoths ; and many of them have been retained to the present day in the provincial law of Cas- tile and Catalonia . The ...
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... ancient system of valleys , in a chain of primary mountains , having been filled up , to the depth of ma- ny thousand feet , with various volcanic products . Five active volcanoes traverse Mexico from west to east ; viz . Tuxtla ...
... ancient system of valleys , in a chain of primary mountains , having been filled up , to the depth of ma- ny thousand feet , with various volcanic products . Five active volcanoes traverse Mexico from west to east ; viz . Tuxtla ...
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... ancient cone was of a very regular form , terminating , not , as at present , in two peaks , but with a flattish summit , where the remains of an ancient crater , nearly filled up , had left a slight depression , covered in its interior ...
... ancient cone was of a very regular form , terminating , not , as at present , in two peaks , but with a flattish summit , where the remains of an ancient crater , nearly filled up , had left a slight depression , covered in its interior ...
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... ancient Latium ( now Campagna di Roma ) . They had a republican government . Livy calls them the eternal enemies of Rome . Their principal city was Antium , the ru- ins of which are to be seen in the neigh- borhood of cape Angio ...
... ancient Latium ( now Campagna di Roma ) . They had a republican government . Livy calls them the eternal enemies of Rome . Their principal city was Antium , the ru- ins of which are to be seen in the neigh- borhood of cape Angio ...
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