Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1833 |
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... hands , was altered in favor of the bishops ; and under weak kings , who often attained the crown by artifices of the priests , or solicited ab- solution and justification from the clergy , on account of the usurpation which they had ...
... hands , was altered in favor of the bishops ; and under weak kings , who often attained the crown by artifices of the priests , or solicited ab- solution and justification from the clergy , on account of the usurpation which they had ...
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... hands of the English . 15,000 dead and wounded lay on the field of battle ; 3000 French were taken prisoners . The English took 151 cannons , and 400 wagons with mili- tary stores , and the military chest . Their booty was immense ...
... hands of the English . 15,000 dead and wounded lay on the field of battle ; 3000 French were taken prisoners . The English took 151 cannons , and 400 wagons with mili- tary stores , and the military chest . Their booty was immense ...
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... , enthusiasm , he even kissed his hand . and , by the advice of the minister , cardi- Voltaire occupied an apartment under nal Fleury , he withdrew the piece ; yet it that of the king , with permission to visit W. 24 VOLTAIRE .
... , enthusiasm , he even kissed his hand . and , by the advice of the minister , cardi- Voltaire occupied an apartment under nal Fleury , he withdrew the piece ; yet it that of the king , with permission to visit W. 24 VOLTAIRE .
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... hand , maintain that the earth was originally in a state of aque- ous solution . ( See Geology . ) VULCANUS ; a god ... hand , he turns with pincers a thunder- bolt on his anvil . He appears , on some monuments , with a long beard ...
... hand , maintain that the earth was originally in a state of aque- ous solution . ( See Geology . ) VULCANUS ; a god ... hand , he turns with pincers a thunder- bolt on his anvil . He appears , on some monuments , with a long beard ...
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... hand , they found a retreat , for- tified by nature , in the valleys of western Piedmont , where they founded a distinct church , which has remained , till the present day , the main seat of their sect . Their doctrines rest solely on ...
... hand , they found a retreat , for- tified by nature , in the valleys of western Piedmont , where they founded a distinct church , which has remained , till the present day , the main seat of their sect . Their doctrines rest solely on ...
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