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 7Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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... period of jubilee ( see Jubilee ) , the people were taught to believe that the efficacy of indulgences was doubled , and the richest harvests were always reaped at this time . Leo X , famous for his love of splendor , commenced his ...
... period of jubilee ( see Jubilee ) , the people were taught to believe that the efficacy of indulgences was doubled , and the richest harvests were always reaped at this time . Leo X , famous for his love of splendor , commenced his ...
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... periods of society , to fight on horseback , and civilization only gives foot - soldiers exist , at this early period , to- more importance to infantry . Where gether with cavalry , they are considered of inferior consequence . The ...
... periods of society , to fight on horseback , and civilization only gives foot - soldiers exist , at this early period , to- more importance to infantry . Where gether with cavalry , they are considered of inferior consequence . The ...
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... period which had elapsed since 1712 , this epidemic had visited Europe , at intervals of about 20 years , and still more frequently in the early part of the period . Accordingly , he prophesied a new one for 1820 , which , however , did ...
... period which had elapsed since 1712 , this epidemic had visited Europe , at intervals of about 20 years , and still more frequently in the early part of the period . Accordingly , he prophesied a new one for 1820 , which , however , did ...
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... period , the right to ask le- gal redress was also extended to a mere violation of the honor of a person ; and , in the laws of modern nations , this has been retained , though with a great variety of views . In the middle ages , the ...
... period , the right to ask le- gal redress was also extended to a mere violation of the honor of a person ; and , in the laws of modern nations , this has been retained , though with a great variety of views . In the middle ages , the ...
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... period in the history of canal navigation in the U. States ; and the undertaking evinced great public spirit and enterprise on the part of the persons who engaged in it , whose inadequate pe- cuniary remuneration has , however , ope ...
... period in the history of canal navigation in the U. States ; and the undertaking evinced great public spirit and enterprise on the part of the persons who engaged in it , whose inadequate pe- cuniary remuneration has , however , ope ...
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