Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; 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 Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... attack young or sickly animals . Their bodies exhale a disgusting odor . They usually live in companies ; and many of the larger spe- cies do not quit the lofty chains of moun- tains , where they build in inaccessible places . Their ...
... attack young or sickly animals . Their bodies exhale a disgusting odor . They usually live in companies ; and many of the larger spe- cies do not quit the lofty chains of moun- tains , where they build in inaccessible places . Their ...
Page 39
... comprising the guards and the Italian army , was at Raschdorf ; to the right were Marmont and Oudinot ; and Davoust was on the extreme right . The archduke Charles now projected an attack , en eché- lon , WAGONS - WAGRAM , BATTLE OF . 39.
... comprising the guards and the Italian army , was at Raschdorf ; to the right were Marmont and Oudinot ; and Davoust was on the extreme right . The archduke Charles now projected an attack , en eché- lon , WAGONS - WAGRAM , BATTLE OF . 39.
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... attack , en eché- lon , from his right , against the French left . Thus it was hoped that the Austrian army might relieve itself from the ex- treme pressure upon its left wing . At first , this attack was successful : the French were ...
... attack , en eché- lon , from his right , against the French left . Thus it was hoped that the Austrian army might relieve itself from the ex- treme pressure upon its left wing . At first , this attack was successful : the French were ...
Page 42
... attack them in the centre of their power . Ibra- him , the son of the pacha , finally suc- ceeded , in 1818 , in inflicting a total defeat on the Wahabees , under their sovereign , Abdallah Ben Sund , and in blocking them up in their ...
... attack them in the centre of their power . Ibra- him , the son of the pacha , finally suc- ceeded , in 1818 , in inflicting a total defeat on the Wahabees , under their sovereign , Abdallah Ben Sund , and in blocking them up in their ...
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... attack on the English justiciary at Scone ; but that officer and his colleagues eluded the danger by flight . Many of the barons , encouraged by this success , joined the standard of Wallace , or secretly favored his designs . Earl ...
... attack on the English justiciary at Scone ; but that officer and his colleagues eluded the danger by flight . Many of the barons , encouraged by this success , joined the standard of Wallace , or secretly favored his designs . Earl ...
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