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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... inhabitants on 680 square miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most ...
... inhabitants on 680 square miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most ...
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... inhabitants , arrived , at length , at the walls of Catania . These had been purposely raised to protect the city ; but the burning flood accumulated till it rose to the top of the rampart , which was sixty feet in height , and then ...
... inhabitants , arrived , at length , at the walls of Catania . These had been purposely raised to protect the city ; but the burning flood accumulated till it rose to the top of the rampart , which was sixty feet in height , and then ...
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... inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of educa- tion . The ancient Volaterra was one of the twelve principal cities of Etruria , and had 100,000 inhabitants . Some Etruscan monuments still remain : among ...
... inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of educa- tion . The ancient Volaterra was one of the twelve principal cities of Etruria , and had 100,000 inhabitants . Some Etruscan monuments still remain : among ...
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... inhabitants . VORSTIUS , Conrad , an eminent divine , born at Cologne , in 1569 , was the son of a dyer , who secretly seceded to the Prot- estant communion . Conrad was sent to Haerlem and Heidelberg , at which uni- versity he was ...
... inhabitants . VORSTIUS , Conrad , an eminent divine , born at Cologne , in 1569 , was the son of a dyer , who secretly seceded to the Prot- estant communion . Conrad was sent to Haerlem and Heidelberg , at which uni- versity he was ...
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... inhabitants breed many cattle , and make large quantities of cheese , known under the name of Munster cheese . The Ill , Lauter , Moselle , Meurthe , Saar and Saonne rise in this chain of moun- tains . VOSGES ; a department in the ...
... inhabitants breed many cattle , and make large quantities of cheese , known under the name of Munster cheese . The Ill , Lauter , Moselle , Meurthe , Saar and Saonne rise in this chain of moun- tains . VOSGES ; a department in the ...
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