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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... sometimes tolerated , and some- times persecuted , became more and more evident . The kingdom of the Visigoths arose again with new energy , under the bold and intelligent Leovigild ( 568-586 ) , who totally subdued the Suevi , improved ...
... sometimes tolerated , and some- times persecuted , became more and more evident . The kingdom of the Visigoths arose again with new energy , under the bold and intelligent Leovigild ( 568-586 ) , who totally subdued the Suevi , improved ...
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... sometimes clothed all in white ; but that is chiefly the church - yard ghosts , who have no particular business , but seem to appear pro bono publico , or to scare drunken rustics from tumbling over their graves . Dragging chains is not ...
... sometimes clothed all in white ; but that is chiefly the church - yard ghosts , who have no particular business , but seem to appear pro bono publico , or to scare drunken rustics from tumbling over their graves . Dragging chains is not ...
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... sometimes cannot walk , and seems palsied ; nor can he perform the common motions with the arms . In a word , when he wishes to be at rest , the muscles are perpetually moving , and distorting the limbs , face and trunk ; and when any ...
... sometimes cannot walk , and seems palsied ; nor can he perform the common motions with the arms . In a word , when he wishes to be at rest , the muscles are perpetually moving , and distorting the limbs , face and trunk ; and when any ...
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... sometimes tolerated , and some- times persecuted , became more and more evident . The kingdom of the Visigoths arose again with new energy , under the bold and intelligent Leovigild ( 568-586 ) , who totally subdued the Suevi , improved ...
... sometimes tolerated , and some- times persecuted , became more and more evident . The kingdom of the Visigoths arose again with new energy , under the bold and intelligent Leovigild ( 568-586 ) , who totally subdued the Suevi , improved ...
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... sometimes clothed all in white ; but that is chiefly the church - yard ghosts , who have no particular business , but seem to appear pro bono publico , or to scare drunken rustics from tumbling over their graves . Dragging chains is not ...
... sometimes clothed all in white ; but that is chiefly the church - yard ghosts , who have no particular business , but seem to appear pro bono publico , or to scare drunken rustics from tumbling over their graves . Dragging chains is not ...
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