Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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... Spain the kingdom of the Visigoths . The unnatural extension of this kingdom to the north of the Pyr- enees , where even the capital , and the residence of the king , Toulouse , was sit- uated , while the Suevi still maintained their ...
... Spain the kingdom of the Visigoths . The unnatural extension of this kingdom to the north of the Pyr- enees , where even the capital , and the residence of the king , Toulouse , was sit- uated , while the Suevi still maintained their ...
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... Spain , people ceased , and Goths and Spaniards encouraged by the factions which con- became one nation . His conversion had vulsed the Visigoths , and which , during the most important influence on the char- the reign of the weak ...
... Spain , people ceased , and Goths and Spaniards encouraged by the factions which con- became one nation . His conversion had vulsed the Visigoths , and which , during the most important influence on the char- the reign of the weak ...
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... Spain , with orders to send whatever forces could be spared to Germany . 30,000 troops set off immedi- ately for that country . Their departure , and Marmont's defeat in the year previous , obliged the French to give up Madrid , and to ...
... Spain , with orders to send whatever forces could be spared to Germany . 30,000 troops set off immedi- ately for that country . Their departure , and Marmont's defeat in the year previous , obliged the French to give up Madrid , and to ...
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... Spain , in 1492 , and studied at Paris and Louvain . He then visited England , having previously become one of the first fellows of Corpus Christi college , Oxford . He was patronised by Catharine of Arra- gon , and , in 1522 ...
... Spain , in 1492 , and studied at Paris and Louvain . He then visited England , having previously become one of the first fellows of Corpus Christi college , Oxford . He was patronised by Catharine of Arra- gon , and , in 1522 ...
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... Spain , and ( as Gerber says ) even in Africa and Greece . In 1786 , he was ap- pointed chapel - master to the king of Swe- den . In 1790 , he was in London , where his performance on the organ was heard with great pleasure . He ...
... Spain , and ( as Gerber says ) even in Africa and Greece . In 1786 , he was ap- pointed chapel - master to the king of Swe- den . In 1790 , he was in London , where his performance on the organ was heard with great pleasure . He ...
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