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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... various involuntary mo- tions , and perform , in an irregular man- ner , those motions , which are dictated by the will . The approach of the disease is commonly slow , and is indicated by a loss of the usual vivacity , by a variable ...
... various involuntary mo- tions , and perform , in an irregular man- ner , those motions , which are dictated by the will . The approach of the disease is commonly slow , and is indicated by a loss of the usual vivacity , by a variable ...
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... 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 the pliability of the lips ( enabling us to give ...
... 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 the pliability of the lips ( enabling us to give ...
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... various kinds . Pursuing our course northward , we find in Peru only one active volcano as yet known ; but the province is so subject to earthquakes , that scarcely a week passes without a shock ; and many of these have been so violent ...
... various kinds . Pursuing our course northward , we find in Peru only one active volcano as yet known ; but the province is so subject to earthquakes , that scarcely a week passes without a shock ; and many of these have been so violent ...
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... various openings , have been invented , which produce the sounds of the five vowels a , e , i , o , u , as pronounced in most languages on the European continent . The circumstance that all vowels , mainly , and most of them entirely ...
... various openings , have been invented , which produce the sounds of the five vowels a , e , i , o , u , as pronounced in most languages on the European continent . The circumstance that all vowels , mainly , and most of them entirely ...
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... various parts of the eastern con- tinent . VYASA . ( See Indian Literature . ) W ; the twenty - third letter of the Eng- lish alphabet , representing a sound form- ed by opening the mouth with a rounding of the lips , and a somewhat ...
... various parts of the eastern con- tinent . VYASA . ( See Indian Literature . ) W ; the twenty - third letter of the Eng- lish alphabet , representing a sound form- ed by opening the mouth with a rounding of the lips , and a somewhat ...
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