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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... various combinations of which such a variety of words is pro- duced , we will add a few remarks . Be- sides the lungs , the windpipe , & c . , the finely - arched roof of the mouth , and the pliability of the lips ( enabling us to give ...
... various combinations of which such a variety of words is pro- duced , we will add a few remarks . Be- sides the lungs , the windpipe , & c . , the finely - arched roof of the mouth , and the pliability of the lips ( enabling us to give ...
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... various kinds . Pursuing our course northward , we find in Peru only one active volcano as yet known ; but the province is so subject to earthquakes , that scarcely a week passes without a shock ; and many of these have been so violent ...
... various kinds . Pursuing our course northward , we find in Peru only one active volcano as yet known ; but the province is so subject to earthquakes , that scarcely a week passes without a shock ; and many of these have been so violent ...
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... various parts of the Polyne- sian archipelago . The Pacific ocean , in- deed , seems , in equatorial latitudes , to be one vast theatre of igneous action ; and its innumerable archipelagoes , such as the New Hebrides , Friendly islands ...
... various parts of the Polyne- sian archipelago . The Pacific ocean , in- deed , seems , in equatorial latitudes , to be one vast theatre of igneous action ; and its innumerable archipelagoes , such as the New Hebrides , Friendly islands ...
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... various productions of the king , who feared that he would use them to his prejudice . He was likewise compelled to resign the chamberlain's key , his order , and his promise of a pension of 22,000 livres . The breach between Frederic ...
... various productions of the king , who feared that he would use them to his prejudice . He was likewise compelled to resign the chamberlain's key , his order , and his promise of a pension of 22,000 livres . The breach between Frederic ...
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... various openings , have been invented , which produce the sounds of the five vowels a , e , i , o , u , as pronounced in most languages on the European continent . The circumstance that all vowels , mainly , and most of them entirely ...
... various openings , have been invented , which produce the sounds of the five vowels a , e , i , o , u , as pronounced in most languages on the European continent . The circumstance that all vowels , mainly , and most of them entirely ...
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