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 Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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... prince among his subjects . Here he erected a new and elegant church , with the inscription Deo erexit Voltaire . A decided enemy of tyr- anny and oppression , he afforded aid and protection to many persecuted persons ; among others ...
... prince among his subjects . Here he erected a new and elegant church , with the inscription Deo erexit Voltaire . A decided enemy of tyr- anny and oppression , he afforded aid and protection to many persecuted persons ; among others ...
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... prince Maurice of Nassau , and , two years after , became director of the college of Dordrecht . In 1614 , the chair of phi- losophy was offered him at Steinfurt ; but he preferred the direction of the theological college established at ...
... prince Maurice of Nassau , and , two years after , became director of the college of Dordrecht . In 1614 , the chair of phi- losophy was offered him at Steinfurt ; but he preferred the direction of the theological college established at ...
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... prince ( emir ) and protector of the new sect , of which he declared himself high - priest , thus separating the spiritual and secular authorities , which were afterwards heredi- tary in the families of Ebn - Sehud and Sheik Mohammed ...
... prince ( emir ) and protector of the new sect , of which he declared himself high - priest , thus separating the spiritual and secular authorities , which were afterwards heredi- tary in the families of Ebn - Sehud and Sheik Mohammed ...
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... prince of the Wahabees . Their high- priest was Hussein the Blind , the eldest son of Sheik Mohammed . The misfor- tunes which they suffered were soon re- paired . In 1806 , the Wahabees appeared more numerous than ever ; plundered the ...
... prince of the Wahabees . Their high- priest was Hussein the Blind , the eldest son of Sheik Mohammed . The misfor- tunes which they suffered were soon re- paired . In 1806 , the Wahabees appeared more numerous than ever ; plundered the ...
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... prince of Wahlstadt . WAHOO . ( See Elm . ) WAIFS . ( See Estrays . ) the West Riding of Yorkshire , on the river Calder . The parish church is a Gothic structure : the spire is upwards of 237 feet in height . There is a handsome stone ...
... prince of Wahlstadt . WAHOO . ( See Elm . ) WAIFS . ( See Estrays . ) the West Riding of Yorkshire , on the river Calder . The parish church is a Gothic structure : the spire is upwards of 237 feet in height . There is a handsome stone ...
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