Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; 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 Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... English translation of the work of Vitruvius , with a commentary , by Wil- liam Newton , appeared in 1771 , folio , re- published 1791 , 2 vols . , folio ; and a new translation , by W. Wilkins , with an Intro- duction , containing an ...
... English translation of the work of Vitruvius , with a commentary , by Wil- liam Newton , appeared in 1771 , folio , re- published 1791 , 2 vols . , folio ; and a new translation , by W. Wilkins , with an Intro- duction , containing an ...
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... English . 15,000 dead and wounded lay on the field of battle ; 3000 French were taken prisoners . The English took 151 cannons , and 400 wagons with mili- tary stores , and the military chest . Their booty was immense . General Clauzel ...
... English . 15,000 dead and wounded lay on the field of battle ; 3000 French were taken prisoners . The English took 151 cannons , and 400 wagons with mili- tary stores , and the military chest . Their booty was immense . General Clauzel ...
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... English , Dutch and German . This work procured him much reputa- tion ; and , taking up his residence at Auteuil , near Paris , he became intimately connected with some of the most eminent among his literary contemporaries . On the ...
... English , Dutch and German . This work procured him much reputa- tion ; and , taking up his residence at Auteuil , near Paris , he became intimately connected with some of the most eminent among his literary contemporaries . On the ...
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... English : such are u in but ; i in sir ; u in spur ; ough in through ; ea in heard , & c These interinediate sounds are by far the most difficult for foreigners to acquire , and are very rarely learned so perfectly that the foreign ac ...
... English : such are u in but ; i in sir ; u in spur ; ough in through ; ea in heard , & c These interinediate sounds are by far the most difficult for foreigners to acquire , and are very rarely learned so perfectly that the foreign ac ...
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... English word , German wort ; the Icelandic and Swedish andra , Ger- man wandern , English wander ; the Swe- dish ila , German weilen ( to tarry ) , the root of the English verb to while ; the Gothic ourt , Swedish őrt , German wurz ...
... English word , German wort ; the Icelandic and Swedish andra , Ger- man wandern , English wander ; the Swe- dish ila , German weilen ( to tarry ) , the root of the English verb to while ; the Gothic ourt , Swedish őrt , German wurz ...
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