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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... period of the church , a Latin translation of the Old Testament existed , called Itala , made after the Septu- agint . ( q . v . ) St. Jerome found that this translation was not always accurate , and made a new Latin translation from ...
... period of the church , a Latin translation of the Old Testament existed , called Itala , made after the Septu- agint . ( q . v . ) St. Jerome found that this translation was not always accurate , and made a new Latin translation from ...
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... period , the h was put after the w , though the pronunciation remained hw , for when is pronounced hwen . It is a peculiarity of some Ger- man vulgar dialects to put m instead of w , and say mir for wir , and Mörsing for Wir- sing . W ...
... period , the h was put after the w , though the pronunciation remained hw , for when is pronounced hwen . It is a peculiarity of some Ger- man vulgar dialects to put m instead of w , and say mir for wir , and Mörsing for Wir- sing . W ...
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... period of the Roman empire , as appears by the figures on Trajan's col- umn , in Rome . They are rude , ignorant and stupid . The gypsies , who are very numerous , resemble those found in other countries . The mountaineers , who have ...
... period of the Roman empire , as appears by the figures on Trajan's col- umn , in Rome . They are rude , ignorant and stupid . The gypsies , who are very numerous , resemble those found in other countries . The mountaineers , who have ...
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... period of the revolution , in the Nether- lands and Great Britain , and prosecuted his studies for some time at Glasgow . Being in independent circumstances , he lived , after his return to France , on his estate , eight leagues from ...
... period of the revolution , in the Nether- lands and Great Britain , and prosecuted his studies for some time at Glasgow . Being in independent circumstances , he lived , after his return to France , on his estate , eight leagues from ...
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... period of 1625--34 , exercised a powerful influence on events , and has therefore met with ma- ny historians . But the veil which hangs over the last scene of his life has not been wholly removed by any of them.— Albert of Waldstein ...
... period of 1625--34 , exercised a powerful influence on events , and has therefore met with ma- ny historians . But the veil which hangs over the last scene of his life has not been wholly removed by any of them.— Albert of Waldstein ...
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