Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Volume 13Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, 1836 |
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... soon as they came in contact with the Franks on the Loire , when the Catholic Clovis ( q . v . ) , on pretence that it was unjust to let the heretic Visigoths possess the fairest portion of Gaul , attacked the peaceful Alaric , and ...
... soon as they came in contact with the Franks on the Loire , when the Catholic Clovis ( q . v . ) , on pretence that it was unjust to let the heretic Visigoths possess the fairest portion of Gaul , attacked the peaceful Alaric , and ...
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... soon raised the indignation of the people . Vespasian was proclaim- ed 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 ...
... soon raised the indignation of the people . Vespasian was proclaim- ed 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 ...
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... soon became the terror of the Span- ish troops , maintaining an incessant and destructive guerilla war . Notwithstand- ing the great efforts of the royal com- manders , and their great numerical su- periority , he sustained a struggle ...
... soon became the terror of the Span- ish troops , maintaining an incessant and destructive guerilla war . Notwithstand- ing the great efforts of the royal com- manders , and their great numerical su- periority , he sustained a struggle ...
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... soon became distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of the original , and prove how ...
... soon became distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of the original , and prove how ...
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... soon as France had declared tained great wealth , so that , after he came herself against Austria . Voltaire now de- into possession of the estates of his father sired , as the reward of his services , some and brother , his income ...
... soon as France had declared tained great wealth , so that , after he came herself against Austria . Voltaire now de- into possession of the estates of his father sired , as the reward of his services , some and brother , his income ...
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