Encyclopędia 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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... soon as they came in contact with the Franks on the Loire , when the Catholic Clovis ( q . v . ) , on pretence that it was unjust to let the heretic Visigoths possess the fairest portion of Gaul , attacked the peaceful Alaric , and ...
... soon as they came in contact with the Franks on the Loire , when the Catholic Clovis ( q . v . ) , on pretence that it was unjust to let the heretic Visigoths possess the fairest portion of Gaul , attacked the peaceful Alaric , and ...
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... soon raised the indignation of the people . Vespasian was proclaim- ed emperor by the army , and his minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ...
... soon raised the indignation of the people . Vespasian was proclaim- ed emperor by the army , and his minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ...
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... soon observed , especially of the muscles of the face , which after a while become more violent . These convulsive motions vary considerably . The muscles of the extremities , and of the face , those moving the lower jaw , the head and ...
... soon observed , especially of the muscles of the face , which after a while become more violent . These convulsive motions vary considerably . The muscles of the extremities , and of the face , those moving the lower jaw , the head and ...
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... soon as they came in contact with the Franks on the Loire , when the Catholic Clovis ( q . v . ) , on pretence that it was unjust to let the heretic Visigoths possess the fairest portion of Gaul , attacked the peaceful Alaric , and ...
... soon as they came in contact with the Franks on the Loire , when the Catholic Clovis ( q . v . ) , on pretence that it was unjust to let the heretic Visigoths possess the fairest portion of Gaul , attacked the peaceful Alaric , and ...
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... soon became distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of the original , and prove how ...
... soon became distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of the original , and prove how ...
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