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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... Prussia , and divides into two branches , of which the eastern , the Nogat , empties , about two and a half miles from Elbing , into the Frische Haff ; the western divides again , about nine miles above Dantzic , into two branches , of ...
... Prussia , and divides into two branches , of which the eastern , the Nogat , empties , about two and a half miles from Elbing , into the Frische Haff ; the western divides again , about nine miles above Dantzic , into two branches , of ...
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... Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great , who had a that it is said Pope's mother was some- great fondness for French literature . times driven away , by his conversation , When Frederic ...
... Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great , who had a that it is said Pope's mother was some- great fondness for French literature . times driven away , by his conversation , When Frederic ...
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... Prussian volunteer riflemen , attached to each battalion in the campaigns of 1813 , '14 and '15 , and the volunteer compa- nies of citizens raised , in 1794 , in Eng- land . These mostly laid down their arms in 1801 ; but when the war ...
... Prussian volunteer riflemen , attached to each battalion in the campaigns of 1813 , '14 and '15 , and the volunteer compa- nies of citizens raised , in 1794 , in Eng- land . These mostly laid down their arms in 1801 ; but when the war ...
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... Prussian province of West- phalia . It has a superficial area of 455 square miles , with 56,000 inhabitants . The soil is mostly stony , but yields grain in abundance , and affords good pasturage . The religion of the inhabitants , who ...
... Prussian province of West- phalia . It has a superficial area of 455 square miles , with 56,000 inhabitants . The soil is mostly stony , but yields grain in abundance , and affords good pasturage . The religion of the inhabitants , who ...
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... Prussian mediation . They now enjoy religious freedom and civil rights in their old valleys of Lucerne , Perusa ... Prussia have , afforded aid to the Waldenses . By contributions which they collected from all Europe , in 1824 , they ...
... Prussian mediation . They now enjoy religious freedom and civil rights in their old valleys of Lucerne , Perusa ... Prussia have , afforded aid to the Waldenses . By contributions which they collected from all Europe , in 1824 , they ...
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| Title | 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 13 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, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford |
| Editor | Francis Lieber |
| Contributors | Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake |
| Publisher | Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2010 |
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