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 13Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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Page 42
... died soon after of the plague ) . But the Wahabees , betrayed by their ally , the sherif of Mecca , and abandoned by sev- eral Arab tribes , suffered new defeats in the defiles of Sofra and Judeyda , and were altogether driven from the ...
... died soon after of the plague ) . But the Wahabees , betrayed by their ally , the sherif of Mecca , and abandoned by sev- eral Arab tribes , suffered new defeats in the defiles of Sofra and Judeyda , and were altogether driven from the ...
Page 50
... to Dalmatia , where he died . Wallenstein now relieved Novigrad , which was ne sieged by the Turks , and conquered Waitzen . After Gabor had made peace with the emperor , Wallenstein returned ( in 1627 ) 50 WALLENSTEIN .
... to Dalmatia , where he died . Wallenstein now relieved Novigrad , which was ne sieged by the Turks , and conquered Waitzen . After Gabor had made peace with the emperor , Wallenstein returned ( in 1627 ) 50 WALLENSTEIN .
Page 58
... died the following year . He wrote several po- litical tracts , and an answer to Boling- broke's Letters on History . ( See Coxe's Memoirs of Horatio Lord Walpole . ) WALPOLE , Horace , earl of Orford , third and youngest son of sir ...
... died the following year . He wrote several po- litical tracts , and an answer to Boling- broke's Letters on History . ( See Coxe's Memoirs of Horatio Lord Walpole . ) WALPOLE , Horace , earl of Orford , third and youngest son of sir ...
Page 61
... died the ensuing year , on the crusade . Walther seems to have left the court of Vienna immediately after the loss of his royal patron . After the murder of Philip of Suabia , in 1208 , he set out on his wanderings . At the court of ...
... died the ensuing year , on the crusade . Walther seems to have left the court of Vienna immediately after the loss of his royal patron . After the murder of Philip of Suabia , in 1208 , he set out on his wanderings . At the court of ...
Page 67
... died at Shrewsbury , Oct. 28 , 1800 , aged seventy - three years , after a long decline . WAREHAM ; a market - town and bor- ough of England , in Dorsetshire , near the mouth of the Frome . By the reform act of 1832 , it was deprived of ...
... died at Shrewsbury , Oct. 28 , 1800 , aged seventy - three years , after a long decline . WAREHAM ; a market - town and bor- ough of England , in Dorsetshire , near the mouth of the Frome . By the reform act of 1832 , it was deprived of ...
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