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, on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-LexiconFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 |
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Pàgina iv
... 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 ,
Pàgina v
... character of the work , however , has been , to a certain degree , changed by numerous improvements in each successive edition ; and its original title has therefore ceased to be strictly appropriate . But , as the book had become well ...
... character of the work , however , has been , to a certain degree , changed by numerous improvements in each successive edition ; and its original title has therefore ceased to be strictly appropriate . But , as the book had become well ...
Pàgina 1
... character a . Most of the modern languages , as French , Italian , German , & c . , have only the open or Italian a , pronounced short or long . Other languages have also the sound of the English a , as in all , e . g . the dialect of ...
... character a . Most of the modern languages , as French , Italian , German , & c . , have only the open or Italian a , pronounced short or long . Other languages have also the sound of the English a , as in all , e . g . the dialect of ...
Pàgina 3
... 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 ...
Pàgina 10
... 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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Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 1 Visualització completa - 1849 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 1 Francis Lieber Visualització completa - 1836 |
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