Encyclopaedia 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, 7. köideFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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... particularly in Spain and Portugal , to the princes of the royal house , the el- dest being also called el principe . The princesses at these courts are called in- fanta , the eldest also la princesa . INFANTRY . * If cavalry ( q . v ...
... particularly in Spain and Portugal , to the princes of the royal house , the el- dest being also called el principe . The princesses at these courts are called in- fanta , the eldest also la princesa . INFANTRY . * If cavalry ( q . v ...
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... particularly as the ordinary mode of arranging the troops before they came into the fire . Under equal circumstances , well trained infantry is almost uniformly successful against any other kind of troops . INFERIE , in Roman ...
... particularly as the ordinary mode of arranging the troops before they came into the fire . Under equal circumstances , well trained infantry is almost uniformly successful against any other kind of troops . INFERIE , in Roman ...
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... particularly that to the Danebrog ( the Danish Flag ) , shows great poetical spirit ; but his epic , the Black Knights ( Copenhagen , 1814 ) , an allegoric poem , in nine cantos , like Spenser's Fairy Queen , often suffers from the ...
... particularly that to the Danebrog ( the Danish Flag ) , shows great poetical spirit ; but his epic , the Black Knights ( Copenhagen , 1814 ) , an allegoric poem , in nine cantos , like Spenser's Fairy Queen , often suffers from the ...
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... particularly the statues in bronze of the members of the house of Hapsburg , are celebrated . Not far from Innspruck is the castle of Am- bras . ( q . v . ) Innspruck is the seat of the Austrian provincial government for Tyrol , and of ...
... particularly the statues in bronze of the members of the house of Hapsburg , are celebrated . Not far from Innspruck is the castle of Am- bras . ( q . v . ) Innspruck is the seat of the Austrian provincial government for Tyrol , and of ...
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... particularly for the earlier periods of nations , when other written documents are rare or entirely wanting , and tradition is the only medium of historical knowl- edge . After the invention of the alphabet , the earliest application of ...
... particularly for the earlier periods of nations , when other written documents are rare or entirely wanting , and tradition is the only medium of historical knowl- edge . After the invention of the alphabet , the earliest application of ...
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Page 249 - Cadwalader, and afterwards visited Europe, to improve his professional knowledge. He obtained the degree of doctor of medicine from the university of Rheims, and, having subsequently spent some time at Leyden, concluded his medical tour by a visit to Edinburgh.
Page 353 - ... time for them to stay any longer. They immediately leave off fishing, take to their oars, and get away as fast as they can. When they have reached the usual depth of the place and find themselves out of danger, they lie upon their oars, and in a few minutes after they see this enormous monster come up to the surface of the water. He there shows himself sufficiently, though his whole body does not appear, which, in all likelihood, no human eye ever beheld, excepting the young of this species,...