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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... early as 633 , the regulation was made , that those secular grandees alone should be admitted , who should be pro- nounced worthy of the honor , by the bishops . The internal disturbances , which the excessive power of the clergy pro ...
... early as 633 , the regulation was made , that those secular grandees alone should be admitted , who should be pro- nounced worthy of the honor , by the bishops . The internal disturbances , which the excessive power of the clergy pro ...
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... early child- hood . Consonants are , generally speak- ing , only the beginning or end of vowels ; i . e . the mouth must in some way be opened to produce a vowel sound , and closed to conclude the vowel sounds ; and this mode of opening ...
... early child- hood . Consonants are , generally speak- ing , only the beginning or end of vowels ; i . e . the mouth must in some way be opened to produce a vowel sound , and closed to conclude the vowel sounds ; and this mode of opening ...
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... early exercised . The variety of voices is as great as that of individuals . In respect to depth and height , there are four prin- cipal classes of voices : discant , alto , tenor and bass . Discant , or soprano , moreover , is ...
... early exercised . The variety of voices is as great as that of individuals . In respect to depth and height , there are four prin- cipal classes of voices : discant , alto , tenor and bass . Discant , or soprano , moreover , is ...
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... early age , with a desire to visit foreign countries in search of knowledge , he no sooner became master of a small patri- monial estate , than , he converted it into money , and embarked for the Levant , travelled through several parts ...
... early age , with a desire to visit foreign countries in search of knowledge , he no sooner became master of a small patri- monial estate , than , he converted it into money , and embarked for the Levant , travelled through several parts ...
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... early noblemen were 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 ...
... early noblemen were 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 ...
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