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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... given to a part assigned to a hu- man voice or an instrument in a com- position . VOIGTLAND ( in law Latin , Terra Advo- catorum ) ; in a wider sense , all that part of Germany which formerly belonged to the imperial bailiffs . ( in ...
... given to a part assigned to a hu- man voice or an instrument in a com- position . VOIGTLAND ( in law Latin , Terra Advo- catorum ) ; in a wider sense , all that part of Germany which formerly belonged to the imperial bailiffs . ( in ...
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... given above , there are other disconnected volcanic groups , of which the geograph- ical extent is , as yet , imperfectly known . Among these may be mentioned Iceland , which belongs , perhaps , to the same re- gion as the volcano in ...
... given above , there are other disconnected volcanic groups , of which the geograph- ical extent is , as yet , imperfectly known . Among these may be mentioned Iceland , which belongs , perhaps , to the same re- gion as the volcano in ...
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... given us , in his Let- ters , a lively description of the awful scene . A dense column of vapor was first seen rising vertically from Vesuvius , and then spreading itself out laterally , so that its upper portion resembled the head ...
... given us , in his Let- ters , a lively description of the awful scene . A dense column of vapor was first seen rising vertically from Vesuvius , and then spreading itself out laterally , so that its upper portion resembled the head ...
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... given in the Tableau philosophique de l'Es- prit de M. de Voltaire ( Geneva , 1771 ) . VOLTERRA ; a town of Tuscany , twen- ty - four miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a ...
... given in the Tableau philosophique de l'Es- prit de M. de Voltaire ( Geneva , 1771 ) . VOLTERRA ; a town of Tuscany , twen- ty - four miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a ...
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... given up in the monastic vows , being the highest good of man , no equivalent can be found for it , and therefore the pope cannot dis- pense from or commute these Vows . ( For the monastic vows , see Monastic Vows , Monasteries , and ...
... given up in the monastic vows , being the highest good of man , no equivalent can be found for it , and therefore the pope cannot dis- pense from or commute these Vows . ( For the monastic vows , see Monastic Vows , Monasteries , and ...
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