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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... body . It is a state bordering closely upon dream- ing , though the vision occurs while the person is in the waking state . 4. Errone- ous impressions , connected with bodily disease , generally disease in the brain . The illusions , in ...
... body . It is a state bordering closely upon dream- ing , though the vision occurs while the person is in the waking state . 4. Errone- ous impressions , connected with bodily disease , generally disease in the brain . The illusions , in ...
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... body dragged with a hook and thrown into the Tiber , A. D. 69 , after a reign of one year , except twelve days . VITERBO ( anciently Volturna ) ; a town of Italy , in the States of the Church , cap ital of a delegation , formerly ...
... body dragged with a hook and thrown into the Tiber , A. D. 69 , after a reign of one year , except twelve days . VITERBO ( anciently Volturna ) ; a town of Italy , in the States of the Church , cap ital of a delegation , formerly ...
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... body ascribed them to Lope de Vega . He also visited Rome and England , and died in 1648. Voiture was one of the first persons in France dis- tinguished by the title of bel esprit . He wrote verses in French , Spanish and Ital- ian ...
... body ascribed them to Lope de Vega . He also visited Rome and England , and died in 1648. Voiture was one of the first persons in France dis- tinguished by the title of bel esprit . He wrote verses in French , Spanish and Ital- ian ...
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... bodies . Indeed , it enables us , in most cases , upon just principles of sound analogy , to explain their origin ; for lava consists of earthy and alkaline bodies , ejected in intense ignition ; and it is asso- ciated with vapor , with ...
... bodies . Indeed , it enables us , in most cases , upon just principles of sound analogy , to explain their origin ; for lava consists of earthy and alkaline bodies , ejected in intense ignition ; and it is asso- ciated with vapor , with ...
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... body : " We have come , " said they , " to beseech you to inspire us with your odes . " " I live only for you and through you " was his answer - a proof that he considered his dramas as his chief productions ; and , in truth , dramatic ...
... body : " We have come , " said they , " to beseech you to inspire us with your odes . " " I live only for you and through you " was his answer - a proof that he considered his dramas as his chief productions ; and , in truth , dramatic ...
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