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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... common opinion , it owes its origin and name to Peter Waldus ( Waldo , Vaud ) , a rich citizen of Lyons , although some of their writers derive the appellation Wal- denses from vallé ( valley ) , and call them Vaudois , or dwellers in ...
... common opinion , it owes its origin and name to Peter Waldus ( Waldo , Vaud ) , a rich citizen of Lyons , although some of their writers derive the appellation Wal- denses from vallé ( valley ) , and call them Vaudois , or dwellers in ...
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... Common Prayer ; and , as he complied with the terms of the act of uniformity , he continued a steady conformist to the established church till his death . When the royal society was founded , in 1663 , the name of doctor Wallis was ...
... Common Prayer ; and , as he complied with the terms of the act of uniformity , he continued a steady conformist to the established church till his death . When the royal society was founded , in 1663 , the name of doctor Wallis was ...
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... common in the central parts of that continent , but flourishes most in Italy , Spain , and the south - western departments of France . It is a lofty and beautiful tree . The fruit , in the wild state , contains a small , hard nut , of ...
... common in the central parts of that continent , but flourishes most in Italy , Spain , and the south - western departments of France . It is a lofty and beautiful tree . The fruit , in the wild state , contains a small , hard nut , of ...
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... common , how- ever , among other nations of the conti- nent , as Spain , & c . , and of late intro- duced into England and the U. States . A waltz ought to be danced with much grace and precision ; and the first note of each bar ( the ...
... common , how- ever , among other nations of the conti- nent , as Spain , & c . , and of late intro- duced into England and the U. States . A waltz ought to be danced with much grace and precision ; and the first note of each bar ( the ...
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... common arrow- head ( sagittaria sagittifolia ) , to the root of which is attached a bulb , growing in the mud . This bulb , to which the In- dians give the name of wapatoo , is the great article of food , and almost the sta- ple article ...
... common arrow- head ( sagittaria sagittifolia ) , to the root of which is attached a bulb , growing in the mud . This bulb , to which the In- dians give the name of wapatoo , is the great article of food , and almost the sta- ple article ...
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