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 1Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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... called it the Conversation- Lexicon , as being a work chiefly designed for the use of persons , who would take a part in the conversation or society of the well - informed PREFACE . circles . The character of the work ,
... called it the Conversation- Lexicon , as being a work chiefly designed for the use of persons , who would take a part in the conversation or society of the well - informed PREFACE . circles . The character of the work ,
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... character of men whose perverted talents , however splendid , cannot redeem them from the severe but just sentence of impartial history ; — I shall receive the most gratifying reward for the many laborious days which have been devoted ...
... character of men whose perverted talents , however splendid , cannot redeem them from the severe but just sentence of impartial history ; — I shall receive the most gratifying reward for the many laborious days which have been devoted ...
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... character . They were seen every where ; at court , in the halls of justice , in the theatre , in the coffee - houses . In almost every wealthy family there was an abbé , oc- cupying the post of familiar friend and spiritual adviser ...
... character . They were seen every where ; at court , in the halls of justice , in the theatre , in the coffee - houses . In almost every wealthy family there was an abbé , oc- cupying the post of familiar friend and spiritual adviser ...
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... character of originality . The creations of his productive imagina- tion were sometimes of a gloomy , and always of a grand and solemn character . Modern painting can hardly show a finer coloring . A considerable number of the large ...
... character of originality . The creations of his productive imagina- tion were sometimes of a gloomy , and always of a grand and solemn character . Modern painting can hardly show a finer coloring . A considerable number of the large ...
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... character of torrents . They are often suddenly swollen by the rains , especially in the spring , and then sweep away the bridges and all means of communication . The climate of A. is severe . The sum- mits of the mountains are covered ...
... character of torrents . They are often suddenly swollen by the rains , especially in the spring , and then sweep away the bridges and all means of communication . The climate of A. is severe . The sum- mits of the mountains are covered ...
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