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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... manner strictly analogous to dreaming , and 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 ...
... manner strictly analogous to dreaming , and 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 ...
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... manner in which it occurs , that many most distinct modifications thence arise . Thus any continued sound , as a ... manners of beginning and ending sounds ; and it is because they can thus be perceived only in connexion with vo- cal ...
... manner in which it occurs , that many most distinct modifications thence arise . Thus any continued sound , as a ... manners of beginning and ending sounds ; and it is because they can thus be perceived only in connexion with vo- cal ...
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... manner of his uncle's death , and the ashes which fell when he . was at Stabię , makes no allusion what- ever to the sudden overwhelming of two large and populous cities , Herculaneum and Pompeii . ( q . v . ) Tacitus , the friend and ...
... manner of his uncle's death , and the ashes which fell when he . was at Stabię , makes no allusion what- ever to the sudden overwhelming of two large and populous cities , Herculaneum and Pompeii . ( q . v . ) Tacitus , the friend and ...
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... manner : he particular- ly aided youthful literary talent . In 1730 , he brought the tragedy of Brutus upon the stage ; but , notwithstanding much merit , it did not please universally . His talert for dramatic poetry was even doubted ...
... manner : he particular- ly aided youthful literary talent . In 1730 , he brought the tragedy of Brutus upon the stage ; but , notwithstanding much merit , it did not please universally . His talert for dramatic poetry was even doubted ...
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... manner which did him little man . " Voltaire gave the boy his bless- honor . From vanity he flattered the ing , with the words " God and freedom . " great , and often sought their company for He had brought with him a new tragedy , the ...
... manner which did him little man . " Voltaire gave the boy his bless- honor . From vanity he flattered the ing , with the words " God and freedom . " great , and often sought their company for He had brought with him a new tragedy , the ...
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