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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... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
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... distinguished at the distance of 150 miles . A year never passes in this province with- out some slight shocks of earthquakes ; and about once in a century , or oftener tremendous convulsions occur , by which the land has been shaken ...
... distinguished at the distance of 150 miles . A year never passes in this province with- out some slight shocks of earthquakes ; and about once in a century , or oftener tremendous convulsions occur , by which the land has been shaken ...
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... distinguished with the crown - prince of 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 ...
... distinguished with the crown - prince of 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 ...
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... hold the first place . He is the worthy rival of Racine and Corneille , and his pieces are still favorites with the French . Notwithstanding his great wit however , Voltaire was not distinguished in comedy The Henriade 26 VOLTAIRE .
... hold the first place . He is the worthy rival of Racine and Corneille , and his pieces are still favorites with the French . Notwithstanding his great wit however , Voltaire was not distinguished in comedy The Henriade 26 VOLTAIRE .
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... distinguished in comedy The Henriade has many striking passages , but wants true epic characters , and is faulty in its plan . Among his historical works , the Siècle de Louis XIV et XV , and the Histoire de Charles XII , the Essai sur ...
... distinguished in comedy The Henriade has many striking passages , but wants true epic characters , and is faulty in its plan . Among his historical works , the Siècle de Louis XIV et XV , and the Histoire de Charles XII , the Essai sur ...
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