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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Page 42
... eral Arab tribes , suffered new defeats in the defiles of Sofra and Judeyda , and were altogether driven from the route to Me- dina . This holy city was weakly garri- soned , and , therefore , easily conquered by the Turks . Mecca ...
... eral Arab tribes , suffered new defeats in the defiles of Sofra and Judeyda , and were altogether driven from the route to Me- dina . This holy city was weakly garri- soned , and , therefore , easily conquered by the Turks . Mecca ...
Page 48
... eral , salubrious , and the country healthy . The Cambrian goat is found here in a wild state ; and goat - hunting is a favorite diversion of the people . The mineral kingdom is rich in silver , copper , lead , iron and coal . The ...
... eral , salubrious , and the country healthy . The Cambrian goat is found here in a wild state ; and goat - hunting is a favorite diversion of the people . The mineral kingdom is rich in silver , copper , lead , iron and coal . The ...
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... eral who had saved Austria , and raised it vessels , could not invade the Danish islands , to the summit of power . With the com- he went into winter - quarters on the coasts mand of the army , Wallenstein was at the of the Baltic ...
... eral who had saved Austria , and raised it vessels , could not invade the Danish islands , to the summit of power . With the com- he went into winter - quarters on the coasts mand of the army , Wallenstein was at the of the Baltic ...
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... eral Howe followed , and the battle of the White Plains ensued , in which a portion of the American forces , occupying a hill on the right of the army , under the com- mand of general Mac Dougal , were driven from their station after an ...
... eral Howe followed , and the battle of the White Plains ensued , in which a portion of the American forces , occupying a hill on the right of the army , under the com- mand of general Mac Dougal , were driven from their station after an ...
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... eral Howe ; but it was disconcerted , in- telligence having reached him of the in- tended stroke . He then distributed his soldiers in winter - quarters at Valley Forge , where their sufferings were excessive in consequence of the ...
... eral Howe ; but it was disconcerted , in- telligence having reached him of the in- tended stroke . He then distributed his soldiers in winter - quarters at Valley Forge , where their sufferings were excessive in consequence of the ...
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