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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... writer on architecture , who is sup- posed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cęsar and Augustus , and of whose parentage and place of nativity no cer- tain knowledge can be obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was ...
... writer on architecture , who is sup- posed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cęsar and Augustus , and of whose parentage and place of nativity no cer- tain knowledge can be obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was ...
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... writing P T 1 B D L G M N on F th S sh H V th Z J pr Ꭱ ▽ L . XIII . 2 Mute . Semi - mute . Semi - vowel or nasal . Aspirate . Vocal aspirate . Vibratory . The effect of the sexual functions on the voice is VOICE . 13.
... writing P T 1 B D L G M N on F th S sh H V th Z J pr Ꭱ ▽ L . XIII . 2 Mute . Semi - mute . Semi - vowel or nasal . Aspirate . Vocal aspirate . Vibratory . The effect of the sexual functions on the voice is VOICE . 13.
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... writers , though they often degenerate into affec- tation , insipid pleasantries , and far - fetched allusions . VOLATILE OILS , ( See Essential Oils . ) VOLATILITY , in chemistry ; the quality of a substance , to evaporate in a certain ...
... writers , though they often degenerate into affec- tation , insipid pleasantries , and far - fetched allusions . VOLATILE OILS , ( See Essential Oils . ) VOLATILITY , in chemistry ; the quality of a substance , to evaporate in a certain ...
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... writer , was born at Craon , in Brittany , in 1755. Inspired , at an early age , with a desire to visit foreign countries in search of knowledge , he no sooner became master of a small patri- monial estate , than , he converted it into ...
... writer , was born at Craon , in Brittany , in 1755. Inspired , at an early age , with a desire to visit foreign countries in search of knowledge , he no sooner became master of a small patri- monial estate , than , he converted it into ...
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... writer . Before this time , From this he obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded nany men of rank , and distinguished with the ...
... writer . Before this time , From this he obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded nany men of rank , and distinguished with the ...
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