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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... emperor by the army , and his minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ; but he was discovered , and dragged na- ked through the streets , with ...
... emperor by the army , and his minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ; but he was discovered , and dragged na- ked through the streets , with ...
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... emperor . ( S ( See Iturbide , and Santa Aña . ) On the expulsion of the emperor , and the establishment of the new constitution , in 1824. Vittoria was chosen the first president of the new republic , and continued VITELLIUS VITTORIA . 9 )
... emperor . ( S ( See Iturbide , and Santa Aña . ) On the expulsion of the emperor , and the establishment of the new constitution , in 1824. Vittoria was chosen the first president of the new republic , and continued VITELLIUS VITTORIA . 9 )
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... emperor . In a narrower sense , the term is applied particularly to a circle of Saxony , 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 ...
... emperor . In a narrower sense , the term is applied particularly to a circle of Saxony , 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 ...
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... emperor Francis ap- pointed him director of the philosophical faculty in the university of Pavia . As a man , Volta was simple , modest and reli- gious , a good father and citizen . Antino- ri edited a collection of his works ( Opere di ...
... emperor Francis ap- pointed him director of the philosophical faculty in the university of Pavia . As a man , Volta was simple , modest and reli- gious , a good father and citizen . Antino- ri edited a collection of his works ( Opere di ...
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... emperor Mat- thias , at Vienna . In an insignificant war , which broke out in Friuli in 1617 , be- tween the archduke Ferdinand of Stiria and the republic of Venice , he raised , at his own expense , a body of 200 cavalry , and led them ...
... emperor Mat- thias , at Vienna . In an insignificant war , which broke out in Friuli in 1617 , be- tween the archduke Ferdinand of Stiria and the republic of Venice , he raised , at his own expense , a body of 200 cavalry , and led them ...
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