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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... period , geographi- cally divided into Ostrogoths , who had their seats on the Pontus , and Visigoths , who inhabited Dacia . About the middle of the fourth century , the two nations separated into distinct political bodies . The ...
... period , geographi- cally divided into Ostrogoths , who had their seats on the Pontus , and Visigoths , who inhabited Dacia . About the middle of the fourth century , the two nations separated into distinct political bodies . The ...
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... period of Christianity , maintained itself in spite of all the efforts of the popes to introduce the Roman liturgy ; and so violent were the disputes to which this gave rise , that an attempt was made to adjust the quarrel by duel and ...
... period of Christianity , maintained itself in spite of all the efforts of the popes to introduce the Roman liturgy ; and so violent were the disputes to which this gave rise , that an attempt was made to adjust the quarrel by duel and ...
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... period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scorię . The first symptom of the revival of the energies of this volcano was the occurrence of an earthquake , A. D. 63 . which did considerable injury to the ...
... period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scorię . The first symptom of the revival of the energies of this volcano was the occurrence of an earthquake , A. D. 63 . which did considerable injury to the ...
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... period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred in 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , there was only one other ( in 1500 ) , and that a slight one . During this interval , a mem- orable ...
... period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred in 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , there was only one other ( in 1500 ) , and that a slight one . During this interval , a mem- orable ...
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... period of repose ensued , which lasted only until the year 1666 , from which time to the present , there has been a constant series of erup- tions , with rarely an interval of rest ex- ceeding ten years . The modern lavas of Vesuvius ...
... period of repose ensued , which lasted only until the year 1666 , from which time to the present , there has been a constant series of erup- tions , with rarely an interval of rest ex- ceeding ten years . The modern lavas of Vesuvius ...
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