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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... direction of a law commission which she had insti- tuted ) , he sent her a bracelet netted by his own hands . In 1769 , a medal was stamp- ed in honor of him , the inscription ou which was a verse taken from the Henri- ade : Ilôte aux ...
... direction of a law commission which she had insti- tuted ) , he sent her a bracelet netted by his own hands . In 1769 , a medal was stamp- ed in honor of him , the inscription ou which was a verse taken from the Henri- ade : Ilôte aux ...
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... direction of the theological college established at Leyden ; and , after having occupied that post four years , amidst the storms of religious con- troversy , he procured the more peaceable appointment of professor of rhetoric and ...
... direction of the theological college established at Leyden ; and , after having occupied that post four years , amidst the storms of religious con- troversy , he procured the more peaceable appointment of professor of rhetoric and ...
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... direction of a synod . After long negotiations , in the way of which great difficulties were thrown by the religious zeal of the Tübingen theologians , several hundred of the above- mentioned fugitives settled in Würtem- I berg , in ...
... direction of a synod . After long negotiations , in the way of which great difficulties were thrown by the religious zeal of the Tübingen theologians , several hundred of the above- mentioned fugitives settled in Würtem- I berg , in ...
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... direction of which , distant , nu- merous and deliberative bodies were un- equal , and authorized general Washing- ton to raise sixteen additional regiments , conferring upon him , at the same time , for six months , dictatorial power ...
... direction of which , distant , nu- merous and deliberative bodies were un- equal , and authorized general Washing- ton to raise sixteen additional regiments , conferring upon him , at the same time , for six months , dictatorial power ...
Page 84
... direction , it will take on the cord or chain , and , consequently , take it off from the barrel . This bends up the spring ; and , if the fusee and great wheel are left to themselves , the force ex- erted by the spring in the barrel to ...
... direction , it will take on the cord or chain , and , consequently , take it off from the barrel . This bends up the spring ; and , if the fusee and great wheel are left to themselves , the force ex- erted by the spring in the barrel to ...
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