Encyclopædia 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; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Том 2Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 |
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... march , expecting to surprise him , but B. made him prisoner . This brilliant exploit was the prelude to the battle of Marigna- no , in which B. , at the side of the king , performed wonders of bravery , and deci- ded the victory ...
... march , expecting to surprise him , but B. made him prisoner . This brilliant exploit was the prelude to the battle of Marigna- no , in which B. , at the side of the king , performed wonders of bravery , and deci- ded the victory ...
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... March , 1802 , of the piary bill . A volume of the speeches VOL . II . 2 which were delivered in this famous con- troversy has been published . It was almost universally conceded that he was the ablest advocate of the system or or ...
... March , 1802 , of the piary bill . A volume of the speeches VOL . II . 2 which were delivered in this famous con- troversy has been published . It was almost universally conceded that he was the ablest advocate of the system or or ...
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... march , at the end of May , with three divisions . Cordova and Jaen were taken by assault , after the most terrible resistance . The monks promised the joys of heaven , without purgatory , to every one who should kill three Frenchmen ...
... march , at the end of May , with three divisions . Cordova and Jaen were taken by assault , after the most terrible resistance . The monks promised the joys of heaven , without purgatory , to every one who should kill three Frenchmen ...
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... March 30 , 1814 . He was afterwards appointed , by Louis XVIII , minister of war ; but was super- seded by Soult , in December , 1814 . BAYLEY , Richard , M. D. , was born at Fairfield , Connecticut , in the year 1745 . Having completed ...
... March 30 , 1814 . He was afterwards appointed , by Louis XVIII , minister of war ; but was super- seded by Soult , in December , 1814 . BAYLEY , Richard , M. D. , was born at Fairfield , Connecticut , in the year 1745 . Having completed ...
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... March 26th , 1827 , near Vienna , in the greatest poverty . BEETLE ( Scarabæus , L. ) ; a tribe of co- leopterous insects , belonging to the family lamellicornua , C. The beetle tribe com- prises a large number of insects , among which ...
... March 26th , 1827 , near Vienna , in the greatest poverty . BEETLE ( Scarabæus , L. ) ; a tribe of co- leopterous insects , belonging to the family lamellicornua , C. The beetle tribe com- prises a large number of insects , among which ...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Том 2 Francis Lieber Полный просмотр - 1840 |
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Стр. 216 - He was a fellow of the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, and an associate of several scientific institutions abroad.
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Стр. 23 - They begin to cut down their timber for building early in the summer, but their edifices are not commenced until about the middle or latter part of August, and are not completed until the beginning of the cold season. The strength of their teeth, and their perseverance in this work, may be fairly estimated by the size of the trees they cut down.
Стр. 256 - BREVIARY ; the book containing the daily service of the church of Rome, matins, lauds, prime, third, sixth, nones and vespers, which all Catholics were formerly bound to read daily. This obligation is now restricted to the beneficiary clergy. BREWING. The juices of fruits contain sugar, which is essential to the vinous fermentation. But this does not exist, in any important quantity, in seeds.
Стр. 522 - Cameades specifically was, that " as the senses, the understanding, and the imagination frequently deceive us, they cannot be the infallible judges of truth, but that from the impression made by the senses, we infer appearances of truth, which, with respect to the conduct of life, are a sufficient guide.*' He was a strenuous opposer of Chrysippus, and attacked with great vigour the system of theology of the stoics.
Стр. 196 - They were in his carriage, which was taken in that battle, and was shown publicly at London. He intended to have returned them to her. She lived, afterwards, Separated from her husband, at Rome, where she occupied part of the palace Borghese, and where she possessed, from 1816, the villa Sciarra. Her house, in which taste and love of the fine arts prevailed, was the centre of the most splendid society at Rome.
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