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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... produced by frequent changes of government , and by factions , the kingdom of the Visigoths , in the first century of its existence , con- tinued to extend itself even beyond the Pyr- enees , and , by political regulations , obtain- ed ...
... produced by frequent changes of government , and by factions , the kingdom of the Visigoths , in the first century of its existence , con- tinued to extend itself even beyond the Pyr- enees , and , by political regulations , obtain- ed ...
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... produced by the disordered state of the mind , and the latter , those occasion- ed by the presence of some external ob- ject , under such circumstances as to de- ceive the senses . Thus , in regard to the first , it may be remarked that ...
... produced by the disordered state of the mind , and the latter , those occasion- ed by the presence of some external ob- ject , under such circumstances as to de- ceive the senses . Thus , in regard to the first , it may be remarked that ...
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... produced by a continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in- teresting facts , illustrative of the general theory . The second species of illusions , or optical illusions , are ...
... produced by a continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in- teresting facts , illustrative of the general theory . The second species of illusions , or optical illusions , are ...
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... produced by the human voice ( q . v . ) alone , or accompanied by instruments . It is contradistinguished from instrumental music ( q . v . ) , which is produced by instruments alone . The com- poser of such music must have a thor- ough ...
... produced by the human voice ( q . v . ) alone , or accompanied by instruments . It is contradistinguished from instrumental music ( q . v . ) , which is produced by instruments alone . The com- poser of such music must have a thor- ough ...
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... produce va- rious sounds , as they are more or less tense ; or ( according to the opinion of Dodart and Cuvier ) form certain cavities , in which the tones are produced , as in wind instruments ; or , perhaps , operate in both ways at ...
... produce va- rious sounds , as they are more or less tense ; or ( according to the opinion of Dodart and Cuvier ) form certain cavities , in which the tones are produced , as in wind instruments ; or , perhaps , operate in both ways at ...
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