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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... four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above thirty million dollars were spent in maintaining his ta- ble in the space of four months . This extravagance soon raised the ...
... four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above thirty million dollars were spent in maintaining his ta- ble in the space of four months . This extravagance soon raised the ...
Page 9
... four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 ' E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is a bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the ...
... four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 ' E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is a bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the ...
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... four years , when Pedraza was chosen his suc- cessor . ( See Mexico , and Pedraza . ) VITTORIA , BATTLE OF , was fought on June 21 , 1813. In the middle of Februa- ry , 1813 , the disastrous state of the French army in Russia was made ...
... four years , when Pedraza was chosen his suc- cessor . ( See Mexico , and Pedraza . ) VITTORIA , BATTLE OF , was fought on June 21 , 1813. In the middle of Februa- ry , 1813 , the disastrous state of the French army in Russia was made ...
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... four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above thirty million dollars were spent in maintaining his ta- ble in the space of four months . This extravagance soon raised the ...
... four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above thirty million dollars were spent in maintaining his ta- ble in the space of four months . This extravagance soon raised the ...
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... four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 ′ E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is a bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the ...
... four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 ′ E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is a bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the ...
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