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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... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
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... distinguished at the distance of 150 miles . A year never passes in this 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 ...
... distinguished at the distance of 150 miles . A year never passes in this 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 ...
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... hold the first place . He is the worthy rival of Racine and Corneille , and his pieces are still favorites with the French . Notwithstanding his great wit however , Voltaire was not distinguished in comedy The Henriade 26 VOLTAIRE .
... hold the first place . He is the worthy rival of Racine and Corneille , and his pieces are still favorites with the French . Notwithstanding his great wit however , Voltaire was not distinguished in comedy The Henriade 26 VOLTAIRE .
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... distinguished in comedy The Henriade has many striking passages , but wants true epic characters , and is faulty in its plan . Among his historical works , the Siècle de Louis XIV et XV , and the Histoire de Charles XII , the Essai sur ...
... distinguished in comedy The Henriade has many striking passages , but wants true epic characters , and is faulty in its plan . Among his historical works , the Siècle de Louis XIV et XV , and the Histoire de Charles XII , the Essai sur ...
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... distinguished scholars of his country , and , in particular , one of the best historians of Holland . His principal work , De Vaderlandsche Historie vervat- tende de Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden , or History of the United ...
... distinguished scholars of his country , and , in particular , one of the best historians of Holland . His principal work , De Vaderlandsche Historie vervat- tende de Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden , or History of the United ...
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