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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... character of the seer , and of the superstitions of the age and country in which he lived . Thus the intelligent and philosophical Nicolai ( q . v . ) saw nothing but men and women , horses , dogs and birds in their natural form . The ...
... character of the seer , and of the superstitions of the age and country in which he lived . Thus the intelligent and philosophical Nicolai ( q . v . ) saw nothing but men and women , horses , dogs and birds in their natural form . The ...
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... character , some- times epileptic ; and they are very fre- quent in the affection called delirium tre- mens , produced by a continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in ...
... character , some- times epileptic ; and they are very fre- quent in the affection called delirium tre- mens , produced by a continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in ...
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... character to the different vowels ) , are of the greatest importance . Under the articles on the separate letters the reader will find an account of the way in which the sounds represented by them respectively are produced . " The modi ...
... character to the different vowels ) , are of the greatest importance . Under the articles on the separate letters the reader will find an account of the way in which the sounds represented by them respectively are produced . " The modi ...
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... character , such as tufas , peperinos and volcanic conglomerates . Besides the ejections which fall on the cone , and that much greater mass which finds its way gradually to the neighboring sea , there is a third portion , often of no ...
... character , such as tufas , peperinos and volcanic conglomerates . Besides the ejections which fall on the cone , and that much greater mass which finds its way gradually to the neighboring sea , there is a third portion , often of no ...
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... character , he united the boldness of the one with something of the malice of the other . He was impetuous , irritable , sensitive , but also mild , compas- sionate , benevolent , cheerful , and lively from principle . With noble views ...
... character , he united the boldness of the one with something of the malice of the other . He was impetuous , irritable , sensitive , but also mild , compas- sionate , benevolent , cheerful , and lively from principle . With noble views ...
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