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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Page 7
... consist of demons or angels , and all sorts of fantastic shapes , benign or malignant , according to the peculiar disposition or state of mind of the seer . " Ghosts , " says Grose , " commonly appear in the same dress they wore when ...
... consist of demons or angels , and all sorts of fantastic shapes , benign or malignant , according to the peculiar disposition or state of mind of the seer . " Ghosts , " says Grose , " commonly appear in the same dress they wore when ...
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... consist of some former circumstances recalled to the mind , and believed , for a time , to have a real and present exist- ence . The diseases , in connexion with which they arise , are generally of an apo- plectic or inflammatory ...
... consist of some former circumstances recalled to the mind , and believed , for a time , to have a real and present exist- ence . The diseases , in connexion with which they arise , are generally of an apo- plectic or inflammatory ...
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... consisting of a part of the former Voigtland . It has 102,891 inhabitants on 680 square miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts ...
... consisting of a part of the former Voigtland . It has 102,891 inhabitants on 680 square miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts ...
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... consist- ency as to deserve the appellation of aqueous lava . A brief period of repose ensued , which lasted only ... consisting chiefly of volcanic matter ejected above the surface of the water . The base of the cone is eighty - seven ...
... consist- ency as to deserve the appellation of aqueous lava . A brief period of repose ensued , which lasted only ... consisting chiefly of volcanic matter ejected above the surface of the water . The base of the cone is eighty - seven ...
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... consists of earthy and alkaline bodies , ejected in intense ignition ; and it is asso- ciated with vapor , with explosions of hy- drogen gas , with the production of nitro- gen ; and , in short , there is every concom- itant ...
... consists of earthy and alkaline bodies , ejected in intense ignition ; and it is asso- ciated with vapor , with explosions of hy- drogen gas , with the production of nitro- gen ; and , in short , there is every concom- itant ...
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