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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... tion of 1631 , gives the following descrip- tion of its interior . The crater was five miles in circumference , and about one thousand paces deep . Its sides were cov- ered with brush wood , and at the bottom there was a plain on which ...
... tion of 1631 , gives the following descrip- tion of its interior . The crater was five miles in circumference , and about one thousand paces deep . Its sides were cov- ered with brush wood , and at the bottom there was a plain on which ...
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... tion , in part at least , is made for the en- hancement of rents . All the inventions and facilities to production , transporta- tion and exchange , also contribute to make a similar compensation . these causes , it may happen that , in ...
... tion , in part at least , is made for the en- hancement of rents . All the inventions and facilities to production , transporta- tion and exchange , also contribute to make a similar compensation . these causes , it may happen that , in ...
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... tion , would it be practicable to establish it . The law has interposed , in many in- stances , in different countries , to regulate the price of labor and commodities ; but it is now universally admitted that any such interpositions ...
... tion , would it be practicable to establish it . The law has interposed , in many in- stances , in different countries , to regulate the price of labor and commodities ; but it is now universally admitted that any such interpositions ...
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... tion , was especially favorable to the en- terprises of the Wahabees , who , from their seat between the Persian gulf and the Red sea , had reached several parts of Asiatic Turkey , before the slightest meas- ures were taken to put a ...
... tion , was especially favorable to the en- terprises of the Wahabees , who , from their seat between the Persian gulf and the Red sea , had reached several parts of Asiatic Turkey , before the slightest meas- ures were taken to put a ...
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... tion of Letters , in a correspondence be- tween him and the right honorable C. J. Fox , has been published since his death , chiefly relative to topics of Greek literature . WAKEFIELD , Mrs. Priscilla ; well known for the ingenious ...
... tion of Letters , in a correspondence be- tween him and the right honorable C. J. Fox , has been published since his death , chiefly relative to topics of Greek literature . WAKEFIELD , Mrs. Priscilla ; well known for the ingenious ...
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