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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... other sources , in order that the provinces might retain their ancient laws , but that the obligatory force of the law might pro- ceed from his own authority . This code was not abolished till about the middle of the seventh 1 *
... other sources , in order that the provinces might retain their ancient laws , but that the obligatory force of the law might pro- ceed from his own authority . This code was not abolished till about the middle of the seventh 1 *
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... province of Vera Cruz - a very im- portant post , as the whole communication with Europe was through the ports of that province . Here Vittoria distinguish- ed himself by his activity and energy , and soon became the terror of the Span ...
... province of Vera Cruz - a very im- portant post , as the whole communication with Europe was through the ports of that province . Here Vittoria distinguish- ed himself by his activity and energy , and soon became the terror of the Span ...
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... provinces . The grand vizier ( vizier azem ) stands high above these . He is the representative of the sultan , conducts the deliberations of the divan , and decides alone . He receives a seal at the time of his appointment , on which ...
... provinces . The grand vizier ( vizier azem ) stands high above these . He is the representative of the sultan , conducts the deliberations of the divan , and decides alone . He receives a seal at the time of his appointment , on which ...
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... province with- out some slight shocks of earthquakes ; and about once in a century , or oftener tremendous convulsions occur , by which the land has been shaken from one ex . tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with ...
... province with- out some slight shocks of earthquakes ; and about once in a century , or oftener tremendous convulsions occur , by which the land has been shaken from one ex . tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with ...
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... province , caused great revolu- tions in the physical features of the sur- face . There are three volcanoes farther north , in the province of Pasto , and three others in that of Popayan . In the prov- inces of Guatimala and Nicaragua ...
... province , caused great revolu- tions in the physical features of the sur- face . There are three volcanoes farther north , in the province of Pasto , and three others in that of Popayan . In the prov- inces of Guatimala and Nicaragua ...
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