The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... Italy . They also became of general use from that time in Spain . In Italy , France , and Spain fans had special conventional uses , and various actions in handling them grew into a code of signals , by which ladies were supposed to ...
... Italy . They also became of general use from that time in Spain . In Italy , France , and Spain fans had special conventional uses , and various actions in handling them grew into a code of signals , by which ladies were supposed to ...
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... Italy , which had been painted on swanskin parchment pre- pared with various perfumes . During the 18th century all the luxurious ornamenta- tion of the day was bestowed on fans as far as they could dis- play it . The sticks were made ...
... Italy , which had been painted on swanskin parchment pre- pared with various perfumes . During the 18th century all the luxurious ornamenta- tion of the day was bestowed on fans as far as they could dis- play it . The sticks were made ...
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... Italy , where he was usually called il ragazzo ; and in 1722 he made his début in " Eomene , " written by his master , at Rome , where he created the greatest astonishment by vying with a celebrated German trumpet - player in holding ...
... Italy , where he was usually called il ragazzo ; and in 1722 he made his début in " Eomene , " written by his master , at Rome , where he created the greatest astonishment by vying with a celebrated German trumpet - player in holding ...
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... Italy over the winter , but in November business affairs called him to Paris , and on his way back to Italy he was seized at Marseilles by typhoid fever , and died 14th December . During his whole political career Faucher maintained his ...
... Italy over the winter , but in November business affairs called him to Paris , and on his way back to Italy he was seized at Marseilles by typhoid fever , and died 14th December . During his whole political career Faucher maintained his ...
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... Italy . Having paid a visit to Paris in 1799 , he was covered in the Velay a rich mine of pozzuolana , which he introduced to Fouché , minister of police , who immediately opened , and which was largely worked by the Government ...
... Italy . Having paid a visit to Paris in 1799 , he was covered in the Velay a rich mine of pozzuolana , which he introduced to Fouché , minister of police , who immediately opened , and which was largely worked by the Government ...
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