The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... century ) was one day complaining , in a large company , that 300 sonnets had been stolen from him . One of the company expressing his astonish- ment at the number . Oh , said he , they are blank sonnets , or rhymes ( bouts rimés ) of ...
... century ) was one day complaining , in a large company , that 300 sonnets had been stolen from him . One of the company expressing his astonish- ment at the number . Oh , said he , they are blank sonnets , or rhymes ( bouts rimés ) of ...
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... century the Franks gained possession of Brabant , which in the sixth was , at the partition of the Frank kingdom , assigned to the primitive country of Austrasia ; in the 9th century it was united to Lorraine ; and on the division of ...
... century the Franks gained possession of Brabant , which in the sixth was , at the partition of the Frank kingdom , assigned to the primitive country of Austrasia ; in the 9th century it was united to Lorraine ; and on the division of ...
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... century Brahilow was several times besieged and taken by the Russians . In 1828 it had to surrender to the Russians after a gallant resist- but in 1829 the Peace of Adrianople restored it to the Turks . Pop . ( 1894 ) 51,116 . ance ...
... century Brahilow was several times besieged and taken by the Russians . In 1828 it had to surrender to the Russians after a gallant resist- but in 1829 the Peace of Adrianople restored it to the Turks . Pop . ( 1894 ) 51,116 . ance ...
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... century . The government was first con- ferred on a Saxon count , and did not become hereditary till the time of Albert , whose son suc- ceeded to the dignity of elector in 1180. This race becoming extinct , Charles IV . assigned the ...
... century . The government was first con- ferred on a Saxon count , and did not become hereditary till the time of Albert , whose son suc- ceeded to the dignity of elector in 1180. This race becoming extinct , Charles IV . assigned the ...
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... century ; but the figure is no longer in exist- ence . The in- bridge . cised lines were sometimes filled in with a hard enamel , often of varying col- ors , though in most cases the enamel has dis- appeared . By the use of these colors ...
... century ; but the figure is no longer in exist- ence . The in- bridge . cised lines were sometimes filled in with a hard enamel , often of varying col- ors , though in most cases the enamel has dis- appeared . By the use of these colors ...
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