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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... ( called viri illus- tres officii palatini ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state : the old ...
... ( called viri illus- tres officii palatini ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state : the old ...
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... called delirium tre- mens , produced by a continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in- teresting facts , illustrative of the general theory . The second species of illusions ...
... called delirium tre- mens , produced by a continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in- teresting facts , illustrative of the general theory . The second species of illusions ...
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... called orchestrion , in which the tone was determined in quite a new way , by the increase and diminution of the wind ; and the sound was increased by a suspended copper vessel . He also in- vented a mode of simplifying the con ...
... called orchestrion , in which the tone was determined in quite a new way , by the increase and diminution of the wind ; and the sound was increased by a suspended copper vessel . He also in- vented a mode of simplifying the con ...
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... called vowels ( q . v . ) and consonants . ” ( q . v . ) In the article Consonant , the natural division of words is shown to cease with syllables : they are one sound , and the division into vowels and consonants , ingenious and use ...
... called vowels ( q . v . ) and consonants . ” ( q . v . ) In the article Consonant , the natural division of words is shown to cease with syllables : they are one sound , and the division into vowels and consonants , ingenious and use ...
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... called by their Christian name , with the addition of the castle or village which be- longed to them . Before family names be- came settled ( see Names ) , it was very cus- tomary , on the European continent , to call any person ...
... called by their Christian name , with the addition of the castle or village which be- longed to them . Before family names be- came settled ( see Names ) , it was very cus- tomary , on the European continent , to call any person ...
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