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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... language is often in- correct . His poems compose nine vols . quarto , and include metrical versions of the Psalms , of Virgil and of Ovid , to- gether with satires and tragedies . Among the latter , Palamedes , an allegorical piece ...
... language is often in- correct . His poems compose nine vols . quarto , and include metrical versions of the Psalms , of Virgil and of Ovid , to- gether with satires and tragedies . Among the latter , Palamedes , an allegorical piece ...
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... language is still German . The highest summits at- tain an elevation of nearly 4500 feet above the surface of the ... languages , and made verses . Being without funds to support him at the university , he ac- cepted the place of tutor ...
... language is still German . The highest summits at- tain an elevation of nearly 4500 feet above the surface of the ... languages , and made verses . Being without funds to support him at the university , he ac- cepted the place of tutor ...
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... language . His quarrels with Saumaise having rendered the court of Sweden disagreeable to him , he quitted it in 1649 , and returned to his native country , where he employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works . In ...
... language . His quarrels with Saumaise having rendered the court of Sweden disagreeable to him , he quitted it in 1649 , and returned to his native country , where he employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works . In ...
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... language , with the single exception of e , which , in many cases , is mute , as in haben . In French , e is pronounced in three ways - the è ouvert , é fermé , and e muet . ( See E. ) But in no language are the same vowel - characters ...
... language , with the single exception of e , which , in many cases , is mute , as in haben . In French , e is pronounced in three ways - the è ouvert , é fermé , and e muet . ( See E. ) But in no language are the same vowel - characters ...
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... language , though some other lan- guages have a sound coming pretty near it , as ou , in the French oui : this ... languages , as in the words William , Guillaume ; Wales , Galles , & c .; and we have heard Spaniards , unable to pro ...
... language , though some other lan- guages have a sound coming pretty near it , as ou , in the French oui : this ... languages , as in the words William , Guillaume ; Wales , Galles , & c .; and we have heard Spaniards , unable to pro ...
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