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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... contains numerous and excellent fish : its navigation is very important , as the prod- ucts of Poland - wood , grain , & c . — are transported on it to Dantzic , on the Bal- tic . The canal of Bromberg connects the Vistula with the Oder ...
... contains numerous and excellent fish : its navigation is very important , as the prod- ucts of Poland - wood , grain , & c . — are transported on it to Dantzic , on the Bal- tic . The canal of Bromberg connects the Vistula with the Oder ...
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... contains more than about half of them . They are divisible into two very distinct and nearly equal classes , called vowels ( q . v . ) and consonants . ” ( q . v . ) In the article Consonant , the natural division of words is shown to ...
... contains more than about half of them . They are divisible into two very distinct and nearly equal classes , called vowels ( q . v . ) and consonants . ” ( q . v . ) In the article Consonant , the natural division of words is shown to ...
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... contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most remarkable peculiarity is the pearl - fishery in the river Elster ( see Pearl ) , which is sometimes very produc ...
... contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most remarkable peculiarity is the pearl - fishery in the river Elster ( see Pearl ) , which is sometimes very produc ...
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... contains no errors which affect points of faith or morals : he does not pretend that it is without fault . The Protestants , however , were of opinion that the Vulgate was to be absolutely re- jected , if they desired to rest their ...
... contains no errors which affect points of faith or morals : he does not pretend that it is without fault . The Protestants , however , were of opinion that the Vulgate was to be absolutely re- jected , if they desired to rest their ...
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... contains im- mense corn warehouses . Population , 12,232 ; nine miles south of Leeds . By the reform act of 1832 , Wakefield is con- stituted a borough , returning one member to parliament . WAKEFIELD , Gilbert , a distinguished scholar ...
... contains im- mense corn warehouses . Population , 12,232 ; nine miles south of Leeds . By the reform act of 1832 , Wakefield is con- stituted a borough , returning one member to parliament . WAKEFIELD , Gilbert , a distinguished scholar ...
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