The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... chief historical work Storia in 1788 for that of a canon residentiary of St Paul's . Cam- dello stato Romano dal anno 1815 al 1850 , which he pub- bridge , where he usually resided , was indebted to him for lished in 1850. In the same ...
... chief historical work Storia in 1788 for that of a canon residentiary of St Paul's . Cam- dello stato Romano dal anno 1815 al 1850 , which he pub- bridge , where he usually resided , was indebted to him for lished in 1850. In the same ...
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... chief delight was in martial exercises , and his Walloon provinces were induced to return to their allegiance . passionate ambition was for warlike glory . At eleven years But he was unable to prevent the Union of Utrecht , which of age ...
... chief delight was in martial exercises , and his Walloon provinces were induced to return to their allegiance . passionate ambition was for warlike glory . At eleven years But he was unable to prevent the Union of Utrecht , which of age ...
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... chief town of the province of Algarve , is situated on the Rio Fermoso near its mouth , 20 miles W. by S. of Tavira . It is surrounded by walls , and contains a cathedral , a military hospital , a custom- house , an arsenal , and ...
... chief town of the province of Algarve , is situated on the Rio Fermoso near its mouth , 20 miles W. by S. of Tavira . It is surrounded by walls , and contains a cathedral , a military hospital , a custom- house , an arsenal , and ...
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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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