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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... reign of the weak Roderic , enabled them to execute their project . The Goths were defeated , in 711 , at Xeres de la Fron- tera ; the king was slain , and the Saracens spread themselves over the greatest part of the country . ( See ...
... reign of the weak Roderic , enabled them to execute their project . The Goths were defeated , in 711 , at Xeres de la Fron- tera ; the king was slain , and the Saracens spread themselves over the greatest part of the country . ( See ...
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... reign of one year , except twelve days . VITERBO ( anciently Volturna ) ; a town of Italy , in the States of the Church , cap ital of a delegation , formerly capital of the Patrimonio ; thirty - four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ...
... reign of one year , except twelve days . VITERBO ( anciently Volturna ) ; a town of Italy , in the States of the Church , cap ital of a delegation , formerly capital of the Patrimonio ; thirty - four miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ...
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... reign of terror ; and , after ten months ' im- prisonment , the fall of Robespierre re- stored him to liberty . In November , 1794 , he was appointed professor of his- tory at the normal school ; and the course of lectures on the ...
... reign of terror ; and , after ten months ' im- prisonment , the fall of Robespierre re- stored him to liberty . In November , 1794 , he was appointed professor of his- tory at the normal school ; and the course of lectures on the ...
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... reign of Edward III , in the centre of which is a chapel , in the richest style of Gothic or Saracenic architecture , ten yards in length , and about eight in breadth . Wakefield is one of the greatest corn markets in England , and ...
... reign of Edward III , in the centre of which is a chapel , in the richest style of Gothic or Saracenic architecture , ten yards in length , and about eight in breadth . Wakefield is one of the greatest corn markets in England , and ...
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... reign of Henry VIII , when the government and laws were formed agreeably to those of England . ( For the judicial administra- tion , see Assizes . ) WALES , NEW ; a name given to a part of North America , situated south - east and south ...
... reign of Henry VIII , when the government and laws were formed agreeably to those of England . ( For the judicial administra- tion , see Assizes . ) WALES , NEW ; a name given to a part of North America , situated south - east and south ...
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| Title | 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 13 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, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford |
| Editor | Francis Lieber |
| Contributors | Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake |
| Publisher | Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2010 |
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