Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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... 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 described , and ...
... 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 described , and ...
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... England and Holland , on which occasion he was treated with great respect by Hal- ler , Joseph II and Voltaire . On his re- turn to Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . In 1794 , he received the Copleian ...
... England and Holland , on which occasion he was treated with great respect by Hal- ler , Joseph II and Voltaire . On his re- turn to Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . In 1794 , he received the Copleian ...
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... England , where his Henriade was pub- the representation of this piece , the custom lished by subscription , at the request of was introduced of calling for the appear- king George I and the princess of Wales . ance of the writer ...
... England , where his Henriade was pub- the representation of this piece , the custom lished by subscription , at the request of was introduced of calling for the appear- king George I and the princess of Wales . ance of the writer ...
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... England , Vossius was indemnified for his loss by a prebendal stall at Canterbury , with permission to continue his residence in the Netherlands . In 1633 , he was invited to Amsterdam , to occupy the chair of history , at the schola ...
... England , Vossius was indemnified for his loss by a prebendal stall at Canterbury , with permission to continue his residence in the Netherlands . In 1633 , he was invited to Amsterdam , to occupy the chair of history , at the schola ...
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... England or in Spain , the answer may be , that a greater quantity of corresponding articles goes to compensate the same labor and skill in England , but that a greater proportion of the whole mass of annual products goes to compensate ...
... England or in Spain , the answer may be , that a greater quantity of corresponding articles goes to compensate the same labor and skill in England , but that a greater proportion of the whole mass of annual products goes to compensate ...
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