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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... four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above thirty million dollars were spent in maintaining his ta- ble in the space of four months . This extravagance soon raised the ...
... four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above thirty million dollars were spent in maintaining his ta- ble in the space of four months . This extravagance soon raised the ...
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... four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the ...
... four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the ...
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... four prin- cipal classes of voices : discant , alto , tenor and bass . Discant , or soprano , moreover , is distinguished from lower , or mezzo soprano , tenor from counter tenor , and between tenor and bass comes the proper baritono ...
... four prin- cipal classes of voices : discant , alto , tenor and bass . Discant , or soprano , moreover , is distinguished from lower , or mezzo soprano , tenor from counter tenor , and between tenor and bass comes the proper baritono ...
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... four miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of educa- tion . The ancient Volaterra was one of the twelve principal cities of Etruria , and had 100,000 inhabitants ...
... four miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of educa- tion . The ancient Volaterra was one of the twelve principal cities of Etruria , and had 100,000 inhabitants ...
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... four years , amidst the storms of religious con- troversy , he procured the more peaceable appointment of professor of rhetoric and chronology . Having declared himself in favor of the Remonstrants , he became obnoxious to the ...
... four years , amidst the storms of religious con- troversy , he procured the more peaceable appointment of professor of rhetoric and chronology . Having declared himself in favor of the Remonstrants , he became obnoxious to the ...
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