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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... Respecting the sounds of human language , by the various combinations of which such a variety of words is pro- duced , we will add a few remarks . Be- sides the lungs , the windpipe , & c . , the finely - arched roof of the mouth , and ...
... Respecting the sounds of human language , by the various combinations of which such a variety of words is pro- duced , we will add a few remarks . Be- sides the lungs , the windpipe , & c . , the finely - arched roof of the mouth , and ...
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... respect , of great importance . The rarity of consumption in most parts of Germany , compared to other countries , is ascribed by some , in a great measure , to the general instruction . and frequent practice in singing . Prac- tice in ...
... respect , of great importance . The rarity of consumption in most parts of Germany , compared to other countries , is ascribed by some , in a great measure , to the general instruction . and frequent practice in singing . Prac- tice in ...
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... respect by Hal- ler , Joseph II and Voltaire . On his re- turn to Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . In 1794 , he received the Copleian medal from the royal society of London , on ac- count of his ...
... respect by Hal- ler , Joseph II and Voltaire . On his re- turn to Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . In 1794 , he received the Copleian medal from the royal society of London , on ac- count of his ...
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... respect , with Schlegel's translation of Shakspeare . In 1782 , the state of his health obliged him to go to Eutin ... respecting it , has rendered this grand poem national with the Germans , and may be compared , in Vossius , or Vos ...
... respect , with Schlegel's translation of Shakspeare . In 1782 , the state of his health obliged him to go to Eutin ... respecting it , has rendered this grand poem national with the Germans , and may be compared , in Vossius , or Vos ...
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... respecting the character of w . Doctor Webster says it is a vowel ; others say it is sometimes a vowel , sometimes a ... respects the English w . In ancient times , anh was also written before the w in Ger- man , as hwil , at present ...
... respecting the character of w . Doctor Webster says it is a vowel ; others say it is sometimes a vowel , sometimes a ... respects the English w . In ancient times , anh was also written before the w in Ger- man , as hwil , at present ...
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