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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... considerable land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished his studies for the bar , in the capital , when the revo- lution broke out ( 1810 ) . He immediately espoused the cause of his native land against the Spaniards , and entered ...
... considerable land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished his studies for the bar , in the capital , when the revo- lution broke out ( 1810 ) . He immediately espoused the cause of his native land against the Spaniards , and entered ...
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... considerable changes in the voice , which afford important symp- toms in diseases .. Thus it may be want- ing altogether in a diseased state ( this is called aphonia ) , or it may be changed morbidly ( paraphonia , cacophonia ) . In the ...
... considerable changes in the voice , which afford important symp- toms in diseases .. Thus it may be want- ing altogether in a diseased state ( this is called aphonia ) , or it may be changed morbidly ( paraphonia , cacophonia ) . In the ...
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... considerable injury to the cities in its vicinity . From that time to the year 79 , slight shocks were frequent ; and in the month of August of that year , they became more numerous and violent , tiii hey ended at length in an eruption ...
... considerable injury to the cities in its vicinity . From that time to the year 79 , slight shocks were frequent ; and in the month of August of that year , they became more numerous and violent , tiii hey ended at length in an eruption ...
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... considerable thickness , composed of allu- vions , spread over the valleys and plains , at small distances from the volcano . Im- mense volumes of aqueous vapor are evolved from a crater during eruptions , and often for a long time ...
... considerable thickness , composed of allu- vions , spread over the valleys and plains , at small distances from the volcano . Im- mense volumes of aqueous vapor are evolved from a crater during eruptions , and often for a long time ...
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... considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded nany men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but ...
... considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded nany men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but ...
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