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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... land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished his studies for the bar , in the capital , when the revo- lution broke out ( 1810 ) . He immediately espoused the cause of his native land against the Spaniards , and entered the service ...
... land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished his studies for the bar , in the capital , when the revo- lution broke out ( 1810 ) . He immediately espoused the cause of his native land against the Spaniards , and entered the service ...
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... land has been shaken from one ex- tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . Hot springs are numerous in this ...
... land has been shaken from one ex- tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . Hot springs are numerous in this ...
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... land . These mostly laid down their arms in 1801 ; but when the war broke out again in 1803 , and the intention of the French to effect a landing was nounced , the inhabitants of Great Britain rose anew , and the ministers spoke of ...
... land . These mostly laid down their arms in 1801 ; but when the war broke out again in 1803 , and the intention of the French to effect a landing was nounced , the inhabitants of Great Britain rose anew , and the ministers spoke of ...
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... land ) , employ a great number of the in- habitants . The chief town ( Bregenz ) has 2500 inhabitants . VORSTIUS , Conrad , an eminent divine , born at Cologne , in 1569 , was the son of a dyer , who secretly seceded to the Prot- estant ...
... land ) , employ a great number of the in- habitants . The chief town ( Bregenz ) has 2500 inhabitants . VORSTIUS , Conrad , an eminent divine , born at Cologne , in 1569 , was the son of a dyer , who secretly seceded to the Prot- estant ...
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... land was raised up by an internal force ; the irregularities which diversify its surface are the effects of volcanic eruptions ; and the transported soils have been formed by the disintegra- uons of the higher grounds . The Nep- tunists ...
... land was raised up by an internal force ; the irregularities which diversify its surface are the effects of volcanic eruptions ; and the transported soils have been formed by the disintegra- uons of the higher grounds . The Nep- tunists ...
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