Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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Page 33
... considered those canonical , which are now regarded as such by Protestants . VULPINITE . ( See Anhydrite . ) VULTURE ( vultur ) . The vultures have been referred , by ornithologists , to the ac- cipitres , or rapacious birds , the same ...
... considered those canonical , which are now regarded as such by Protestants . VULPINITE . ( See Anhydrite . ) VULTURE ( vultur ) . The vultures have been referred , by ornithologists , to the ac- cipitres , or rapacious birds , the same ...
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... considered more polite than that of wafers , because the latter is easier and less formal , hence more appropriate for the business style . WAGENAAR , John , historiographer to the city of Amsterdam , where he was born in 1709 , and ...
... considered more polite than that of wafers , because the latter is easier and less formal , hence more appropriate for the business style . WAGENAAR , John , historiographer to the city of Amsterdam , where he was born in 1709 , and ...
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... considered merely a man beloved of God , but branded the worship of him as a crime directly opposed to the true adoration of the Divinity . He also prohibited the wealth and splendor which are found in the mosques of the Moham- medans ...
... considered merely a man beloved of God , but branded the worship of him as a crime directly opposed to the true adoration of the Divinity . He also prohibited the wealth and splendor which are found in the mosques of the Moham- medans ...
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... considered by some as a relic of the ancient Gallic language , mixed , however , with Spanish , German , & c . words . In the old geographical works we find a Walloon Flanders , and a Walloon Brabant . The name either comes from Wall ...
... considered by some as a relic of the ancient Gallic language , mixed , however , with Spanish , German , & c . words . In the old geographical works we find a Walloon Flanders , and a Walloon Brabant . The name either comes from Wall ...
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... considered indis- hard , and the kernel is divided by firm pensably necessary for a fine impression , woody partitions , but has a sweet and either in black or colors . By boiling the agreeable flavor , though inferior to the husks when ...
... considered indis- hard , and the kernel is divided by firm pensably necessary for a fine impression , woody partitions , but has a sweet and either in black or colors . By boiling the agreeable flavor , though inferior to the husks when ...
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