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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... kind contributions which they have received from various quarters . To the Hon . Judge Story , and to John Pickering , Esq . , of Boston , they are under peculiar obligations . The longest and most elaborate articles in the law ...
... kind contributions which they have received from various quarters . To the Hon . Judge Story , and to John Pickering , Esq . , of Boston , they are under peculiar obligations . The longest and most elaborate articles in the law ...
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... kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state : the old mode of choosing the king , which had thrown the election ...
... kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state : the old mode of choosing the king , which had thrown the election ...
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... kind have been felt in England , Scotland , Northern France and Germany , particularly during the Lisbon earthquake . We shall now give some account of a few of the principal volcanic vents , dis- persed through the great regions before ...
... kind have been felt in England , Scotland , Northern France and Germany , particularly during the Lisbon earthquake . We shall now give some account of a few of the principal volcanic vents , dis- persed through the great regions before ...
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... kind . His Mérope ( 1743 ) mired his poetical talents ; but he was was the first French drama which produced obliged to leave the kingdom . He went a strong effect without the aid of love . On to England , where his Henriade was pub ...
... kind . His Mérope ( 1743 ) mired his poetical talents ; but he was was the first French drama which produced obliged to leave the kingdom . He went a strong effect without the aid of love . On to England , where his Henriade was pub ...
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... kind . In 1757 , the first edition of his works appeared , prepared under his own eye . It reconciled him with Fred- eric the Great . This monarch renewed his correspondence with Voltaire , and sent him his own bust , of porcelain ...
... kind . In 1757 , the first edition of his works appeared , prepared under his own eye . It reconciled him with Fred- eric the Great . This monarch renewed his correspondence with Voltaire , and sent him his own bust , of porcelain ...
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