The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... chief historical work Storia dello stato Romano dal anno 1815 al 1850 , which he pub- | lished in 1850. In the same year he was named by the Sardinian Government member of the upper council of health ; and in 1851 he was appointed ...
... chief historical work Storia dello stato Romano dal anno 1815 al 1850 , which he pub- | lished in 1850. In the same year he was named by the Sardinian Government member of the upper council of health ; and in 1851 he was appointed ...
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... chief delight was in martial exercises , and his passionate ambition was for warlike glory . At eleven years of age he earnestly begged leave to join the expedition which fought at St Quentin , and wept bitterly when his request was ...
... chief delight was in martial exercises , and his passionate ambition was for warlike glory . At eleven years of age he earnestly begged leave to join the expedition which fought at St Quentin , and wept bitterly when his request was ...
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... chief riches of the islanders ; and the total number in the islands being about 80,000 . some individuals having flocks of from three to five hundred , They are never housed either in summer or winter , and in severe seasons they suffer ...
... chief riches of the islanders ; and the total number in the islands being about 80,000 . some individuals having flocks of from three to five hundred , They are never housed either in summer or winter , and in severe seasons they suffer ...
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... chief attention to the surface of the globe , and the nature and constituents of the rocks composing it . It was he who first called attention to the basaltic formation of the cave of Fingal ( Staffa ) . He sustained heavy losses during ...
... chief attention to the surface of the globe , and the nature and constituents of the rocks composing it . It was he who first called attention to the basaltic formation of the cave of Fingal ( Staffa ) . He sustained heavy losses during ...
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... chief purpose were ' occasionally contributed to peri- odicals ; and as a kind of interlude to his severer studies he published in 1810 a translation of the Parthenais oder die Alpenreise of the Danish poet Baggesen , with a preface on ...
... chief purpose were ' occasionally contributed to peri- odicals ; and as a kind of interlude to his severer studies he published in 1810 a translation of the Parthenais oder die Alpenreise of the Danish poet Baggesen , with a preface on ...
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