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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... writer on architecture , who is sup- posed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cęsar and Augustus , and of whose parentage and place of nativity no cer- tain knowledge can be obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was ...
... writer on architecture , who is sup- posed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cęsar and Augustus , and of whose parentage and place of nativity no cer- tain knowledge can be obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was ...
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... writing . VOL . XIII . P T K B D L G M N ng .on F th S sh ch H V th ZJ pr R 2 Mute . Semi - mute . Semi - vowel or nasal . Aspirate . Vocal aspirate . Vibratory . The effect of the sexual functions on the voice is VOICE . 13.
... writing . VOL . XIII . P T K B D L G M N ng .on F th S sh ch H V th ZJ pr R 2 Mute . Semi - mute . Semi - vowel or nasal . Aspirate . Vocal aspirate . Vibratory . The effect of the sexual functions on the voice is VOICE . 13.
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... , but have much strained wit and affected sentiment . His letters place him high in the class of epistolary writers , though they often degenerate into affec- Hot springs are numerous in this district , and mineral VOICE - VOLCANOES . 15.
... , but have much strained wit and affected sentiment . His letters place him high in the class of epistolary writers , though they often degenerate into affec- Hot springs are numerous in this district , and mineral VOICE - VOLCANOES . 15.
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... writer . Before this time , From this he obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded many men of rank , and distinguished with the ...
... writer . Before this time , From this he obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded many men of rank , and distinguished with the ...
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... writer , he is unequalled , so beauti- ful and polished is his expression , so co- pious his wit . Among all the French wri- ters , he , perhaps , displays , in the fullest degree , the peculiarities of his nation . The accomplished ...
... writer , he is unequalled , so beauti- ful and polished is his expression , so co- pious his wit . Among all the French wri- ters , he , perhaps , displays , in the fullest degree , the peculiarities of his nation . The accomplished ...
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