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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... head of the Roman legions in Ger- many when Otho was proclaimed empe- ror , and was likewise invested with the purple by his soldiers . He accepted the office , and instantly marched against Otho . After losing three battles , he was ...
... head of the Roman legions in Ger- many when Otho was proclaimed empe- ror , and was likewise invested with the purple by his soldiers . He accepted the office , and instantly marched against Otho . After losing three battles , he was ...
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... head of a body of repub- lican troops , attracted by his old reputa- tion . He now joined Iturbide ; but , as his wishes were set on the establishment of a liberal government , and not on a change of masters , he was again forced to ...
... head of a body of repub- lican troops , attracted by his old reputa- tion . He now joined Iturbide ; but , as his wishes were set on the establishment of a liberal government , and not on a change of masters , he was again forced to ...
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... head of whom was Ercole Bonajuti , had been formed for the purpose of pro- curing engravings of Raphael's works in the Vatican . The drawings of the Spanish painter La Veja , in eighty sheets , which had been prepared by a labor of ...
... head of whom was Ercole Bonajuti , had been formed for the purpose of pro- curing engravings of Raphael's works in the Vatican . The drawings of the Spanish painter La Veja , in eighty sheets , which had been prepared by a labor of ...
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... head of which were Boje and Bürger , and which has since become important in the history of German literature . Voss studied theology , which , however , he soon gave up , in order to devote himself entirely to philology . Heyne was one ...
... head of which were Boje and Bürger , and which has since become important in the history of German literature . Voss studied theology , which , however , he soon gave up , in order to devote himself entirely to philology . Heyne was one ...
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... head is disproportionately small , compared with the size of the body , and the neck long and slender ; the eyes are even with the surface of the head : in short , their general aspect is widely differ- ent from the hawks and owls , and ...
... head is disproportionately small , compared with the size of the body , and the neck long and slender ; the eyes are even with the surface of the head : in short , their general aspect is widely differ- ent from the hawks and owls , and ...
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