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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... Greeks , was published in 1812 , folio . VITTORIA , or VICTORIA , Fernandez Guadalupe , late president of the Mexican republic , was born at Durango , where his father was a considerable land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished ...
... Greeks , was published in 1812 , folio . VITTORIA , or VICTORIA , Fernandez Guadalupe , late president of the Mexican republic , was born at Durango , where his father was a considerable land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished ...
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... Greeks , Vesu- vius afforded no other indication of its volcanic character than such as the nat- uralist might infer from the analogy of its structure to other volcanoes . These were recognised by Strabo . The ancient cone was of a very ...
... Greeks , Vesu- vius afforded no other indication of its volcanic character than such as the nat- uralist might infer from the analogy of its structure to other volcanoes . These were recognised by Strabo . The ancient cone was of a very ...
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... Greeks and the commencement of the Peloponnesian war ( B. C. 431 ) , three eruptions had occurred . A great eruption occurred in the year 1669. The lava , after having overflowed fourteen towns and vil- lages , some having a population ...
... Greeks and the commencement of the Peloponnesian war ( B. C. 431 ) , three eruptions had occurred . A great eruption occurred in the year 1669. The lava , after having overflowed fourteen towns and vil- lages , some having a population ...
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... Greek , music and poetry . In 1772 , he went to Göttingen , where he joined a society of young men , at the head of which were Boje and Bürger , and which has since become important in the history of German literature . Voss studied ...
... Greek , music and poetry . In 1772 , he went to Göttingen , where he joined a society of young men , at the head of which were Boje and Bürger , and which has since become important in the history of German literature . Voss studied ...
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... Greek language . His quarrels with Saumaise having rendered the court of Sweden disagreeable to him , he quitted it in 1649 , and returned to his native country , where he employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works ...
... Greek language . His quarrels with Saumaise having rendered the court of Sweden disagreeable to him , he quitted it in 1649 , and returned to his native country , where he employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works ...
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