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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... person was not , at the time , sensible of having slept , nor , consequently , of having dreamed . A person under the influence of some strong mental impression , drops asleep for a few seconds , perhaps without being sensible of it ...
... person was not , at the time , sensible of having slept , nor , consequently , of having dreamed . A person under the influence of some strong mental impression , drops asleep for a few seconds , perhaps without being sensible of it ...
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... person was speaking in an empty pot , is , in dangerous diseases , a very seri- ous symptom . The hoarseness , in ... persons it indicates an approach ing fit . Voice , in music . A good musical voice depends chiefly upon the soundness ...
... person was speaking in an empty pot , is , in dangerous diseases , a very seri- ous symptom . The hoarseness , in ... persons it indicates an approach ing fit . Voice , in music . A good musical voice depends chiefly upon the soundness ...
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... person , commoner or nobleman , by his Christian name , with the addition of the place in which he resided , either changed into an adjective , or with the preposition of , de , von . By degrees , this became a distinction of the ...
... person , commoner or nobleman , by his Christian name , with the addition of the place in which he resided , either changed into an adjective , or with the preposition of , de , von . By degrees , this became a distinction of the ...
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... Person of Jesus Christ , a work which he never conclud- ed . He subsequently removed to Rich- mond and Nottinghain , until , in 1789 , he commenced his Silva Critica , the object of which was to illustrate the Scriptures by the ...
... Person of Jesus Christ , a work which he never conclud- ed . He subsequently removed to Rich- mond and Nottinghain , until , in 1789 , he commenced his Silva Critica , the object of which was to illustrate the Scriptures by the ...
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... person of his formidable adversary , through the treach- ery of sir John Monteith ; and the deliv- erer of his country , being conveyed to London , suffered the death of a traitor , Aug. 23 , 1305. His memory is still high- ly revered ...
... person of his formidable adversary , through the treach- ery of sir John Monteith ; and the deliv- erer of his country , being conveyed to London , suffered the death of a traitor , Aug. 23 , 1305. His memory is still high- ly revered ...
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