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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... passed through all the offices of the state , and gained the soldiery by donations and liberal promises . He was at the head of the Roman legions in Ger- many when Otho was proclaimed empe- ror , and was likewise invested with the ...
... passed through all the offices of the state , and gained the soldiery by donations and liberal promises . He was at the head of the Roman legions in Ger- many when Otho was proclaimed empe- ror , and was likewise invested with the ...
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... passed the Ebro , June 15 .. At last , the two armies met on the great plain of Vittoria ( a town in Alava , Ion . 2 ° 41 ′ W. , lat . 42 ° 47 ' N. , with a population of 6500 , much occupied in the manufacture of sword - blades ) . The ...
... passed the Ebro , June 15 .. At last , the two armies met on the great plain of Vittoria ( a town in Alava , Ion . 2 ° 41 ′ W. , lat . 42 ° 47 ' N. , with a population of 6500 , much occupied in the manufacture of sword - blades ) . The ...
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... passing through the mouth , if it be interrupted , whether by a complete closure of the mouth , or only by an approximation of parts , the effect on the ear of a listener is so exceedingly different , according to the situation in the ...
... passing through the mouth , if it be interrupted , whether by a complete closure of the mouth , or only by an approximation of parts , the effect on the ear of a listener is so exceedingly different , according to the situation in the ...
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... passing downwards into lava , irregularly prismatic ; and under this there is a foundation of regular and ver- tical columns , in that part of the current which must have cooled most slowly . A great variety of minerals are found in the ...
... passing downwards into lava , irregularly prismatic ; and under this there is a foundation of regular and ver- tical columns , in that part of the current which must have cooled most slowly . A great variety of minerals are found in the ...
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... passed unnoticed . If some of them produced no lava , others , on the contrary , like that of Skoptar Jo- kul , in 1783 , poured out melted matter for five or six years consecutively . Now , if we consider the active volcanoes of Europe ...
... passed unnoticed . If some of them produced no lava , others , on the contrary , like that of Skoptar Jo- kul , in 1783 , poured out melted matter for five or six years consecutively . Now , if we consider the active volcanoes of Europe ...
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