Encyclopędia 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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... land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished his studies for the bar , in the capital , when the revo- lution broke out ( 1810 ) . He immediately espoused the cause of his native land against the Spaniards , and entered the service ...
... land - holder , in 1790 , and had just finished his studies for the bar , in the capital , when the revo- lution broke out ( 1810 ) . He immediately espoused the cause of his native land against the Spaniards , and entered the service ...
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... land , Spain , and ( as Gerber says ) even in Africa and Greece . In 1786 , he was ap- pointed chapel - master to the king of Swe- den . In 1790 , he was in London , where his performance on the organ was heard with great pleasure . He ...
... land , Spain , and ( as Gerber says ) even in Africa and Greece . In 1786 , he was ap- pointed chapel - master to the king of Swe- den . In 1790 , he was in London , where his performance on the organ was heard with great pleasure . He ...
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... land has been shaken from one ex- tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . VOITURE , Vincent , a celebrated ...
... land has been shaken from one ex- tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . VOITURE , Vincent , a celebrated ...
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... land , who applied to Voltaire for assistance , he gave 3000 livres , and invited him to settle in Ferney . In company , Voltaire was agreeable , polite , and a complete courtier . The activity of his temperament was so great that he ...
... land , who applied to Voltaire for assistance , he gave 3000 livres , and invited him to settle in Ferney . In company , Voltaire was agreeable , polite , and a complete courtier . The activity of his temperament was so great that he ...
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... land . These mostly laid down their arms in 1801 ; but when the war broke out again in 1803 , and the intention of the French to effect a landing was nounced , the inhabitants of Great Britain rose anew , and the ministers spoke of ...
... land . These mostly laid down their arms in 1801 ; but when the war broke out again in 1803 , and the intention of the French to effect a landing was nounced , the inhabitants of Great Britain rose anew , and the ministers spoke of ...
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