Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... ancient manner , and was taken by the Ve- netians from the Turks in 1694 . CICONES , a people of Thrace near the Hebrus . Ulyffes at his return from Troy conquered them , and plundered their chief city Ifmarus . They tore to pieces ...
... ancient manner , and was taken by the Ve- netians from the Turks in 1694 . CICONES , a people of Thrace near the Hebrus . Ulyffes at his return from Troy conquered them , and plundered their chief city Ifmarus . They tore to pieces ...
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... ancient kingdom of Afia , lying be- tween the 36th and 40th degree of north latitude : bounded on the eaft by Syria , or rather by Mount Amanus , which separates it from that kingdom ; by Pamphylia , on the weft ; by Ifauria ...
... ancient kingdom of Afia , lying be- tween the 36th and 40th degree of north latitude : bounded on the eaft by Syria , or rather by Mount Amanus , which separates it from that kingdom ; by Pamphylia , on the weft ; by Ifauria ...
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... ancient and famous town of Germa- ny , in the circle of Auftria , and in Upper Carniola . It is the capital of a county of the fame name , and is fituated on the river Saan , in E. Long . 15. 45. N. Lat . 46. 28 . CILURNUM , ( Notitia ...
... ancient and famous town of Germa- ny , in the circle of Auftria , and in Upper Carniola . It is the capital of a county of the fame name , and is fituated on the river Saan , in E. Long . 15. 45. N. Lat . 46. 28 . CILURNUM , ( Notitia ...
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... ancients , though fo long difregarded , and by many fuppofed to be lott , is yet very plentiful in Argentiere ( the ancient Cimolus ) , Sphanto , and many of those islands . It is a marl of a lax and crumbly texture , and a pure bright ...
... ancients , though fo long difregarded , and by many fuppofed to be lott , is yet very plentiful in Argentiere ( the ancient Cimolus ) , Sphanto , and many of those islands . It is a marl of a lax and crumbly texture , and a pure bright ...
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... ancient and mo- dern , endeavours to make the ancient Spartans the in- ventors of the art of writing in cipher . Their feytala , according to him , was the first sketch of this myfteri- ous art thefe fcytale were two rollers of wood ...
... ancient and mo- dern , endeavours to make the ancient Spartans the in- ventors of the art of writing in cipher . Their feytala , according to him , was the first sketch of this myfteri- ous art thefe fcytale were two rollers of wood ...
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