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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... writer on architecture , who is sup- posed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cæsar and Augustus , and of whose parentage and place of nativity no cer- tain knowledge can be obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was ...
... writer on architecture , who is sup- posed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cæsar and Augustus , and of whose parentage and place of nativity no cer- tain knowledge can be obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was ...
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... writing Palatal . P T K B DL G Mute . Semi - mute . M N ng on Semi - vowel or nasal . F th S sh ch H V th Z J pr R Aspirate . Vocal aspirate . Vibratory . VOL . XIII . 2 The effect of the sexual functions on the voice is VOICE . 13.
... writing Palatal . P T K B DL G Mute . Semi - mute . M N ng on Semi - vowel or nasal . F th S sh ch H V th Z J pr R Aspirate . Vocal aspirate . Vibratory . VOL . XIII . 2 The effect of the sexual functions on the voice is VOICE . 13.
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... writers , though they often degenerate into affec- tation , insipid pleasantries , and far - fetched allusions . VOLATILE OILS . ( See Essential Oils . ) VOLATILITY , in chemistry ; the quality of a substance , to evaporate in a certain ...
... writers , though they often degenerate into affec- tation , insipid pleasantries , and far - fetched allusions . VOLATILE OILS . ( See Essential Oils . ) VOLATILITY , in chemistry ; the quality of a substance , to evaporate in a certain ...
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... writer , he is unequalled , so beauti- ful and polished is his expression , so co- pious his wit . Among all the French wri- ters , he , perhaps , displays , in the fullest degree , the peculiarities of his nation . The accomplished ...
... writer , he is unequalled , so beauti- ful and polished is his expression , so co- pious his wit . Among all the French wri- ters , he , perhaps , displays , in the fullest degree , the peculiarities of his nation . The accomplished ...
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... writers , and endeavored to supply the deficiencies of his early education . His works display genius and elevated imagination ; but the language is often in- correct . His poems compose nine vols . quarto , and include metrical ...
... writers , and endeavored to supply the deficiencies of his early education . His works display genius and elevated imagination ; but the language is often in- correct . His poems compose nine vols . quarto , and include metrical ...
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