The Encyclopedia Americana: A General Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Etc., of the World; Editor-in-chief, Frederick Converse Beach ... Managing Editor, Forrest Morgan ... Assistant Editors, Nathan Haskell Dole ... Edward Thomas Roe ... Thomas Campbell Copeland ...Frederick Converse Beach, Forrest Morgan, E. T. Roe, George Edwin Rines, Nathan Haskell Dole, Edward Thomas Roe, Thomas Campbell Copeland Americana Company, 1903 |
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... native of New South Wales and Queensland . Its hard , close - grained wood is valued in cabinet - making , and also for carving , and its fruit , which is about as large as a plum , is used for food . Black Art , the art or pretended ...
... native of New South Wales and Queensland . Its hard , close - grained wood is valued in cabinet - making , and also for carving , and its fruit , which is about as large as a plum , is used for food . Black Art , the art or pretended ...
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... native city , he entered Marischal College , where he took the degree of A.M. in 1718. A separate professor- ship of Greek had not existed in this seminary previous to 1700. Blackwell , having turned his attention to Greek , was honored ...
... native city , he entered Marischal College , where he took the degree of A.M. in 1718. A separate professor- ship of Greek had not existed in this seminary previous to 1700. Blackwell , having turned his attention to Greek , was honored ...
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... natives of the northern hemisphere . The common blad- der - nut ( S. pinnata ) a native of Europe and Asia , which attains a height of 15 feet , and is often planted for ornament , bears panicles of whitish flowers in late spring . The ...
... natives of the northern hemisphere . The common blad- der - nut ( S. pinnata ) a native of Europe and Asia , which attains a height of 15 feet , and is often planted for ornament , bears panicles of whitish flowers in late spring . The ...
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... natives of the United States , are common in ditches , ponds , and marshes throughout the world . They are sometimes ... native county , graduated at 17 , and after teaching and studying law , removed to Augusta , Me . , in 1854. He ...
... natives of the United States , are common in ditches , ponds , and marshes throughout the world . They are sometimes ... native county , graduated at 17 , and after teaching and studying law , removed to Augusta , Me . , in 1854. He ...
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... native leaders , and , by Blanco's instructions , after being tortured , the unhappy wretches were disemboweled and their bleeding bodies hung on the gates of the city . The Spanish govern- ment permitted him to resign his post in Cuba ...
... native leaders , and , by Blanco's instructions , after being tortured , the unhappy wretches were disemboweled and their bleeding bodies hung on the gates of the city . The Spanish govern- ment permitted him to resign his post in Cuba ...
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