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
... principal editor . He 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 ...
... principal editor . He 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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... principal city in the north of Scotland ; lat . 57 9 ′ N. lon . 2o 8 ′ W. It is divided into Old and New A. The old town was of some importance as early as 893. The population of O. and N. A. is supposed to be about 40,000 . A. has two ...
... principal city in the north of Scotland ; lat . 57 9 ′ N. lon . 2o 8 ′ W. It is divided into Old and New A. The old town was of some importance as early as 893. The population of O. and N. A. is supposed to be about 40,000 . A. has two ...
Pàgina 11
... principal- ly in hunting and fishing . During the five rainy months , they resort to the isl- ands of the Rio de la Plata , or to the tops of trees . The Abiponians prefer the flesh of tigers to every other meat , super- stitiously ...
... principal- ly in hunting and fishing . During the five rainy months , they resort to the isl- ands of the Rio de la Plata , or to the tops of trees . The Abiponians prefer the flesh of tigers to every other meat , super- stitiously ...
Pàgina 24
... principal merit consists in having compil- ed an excellent dictionary , and edited with care several of the ancient poets of Italy . The Académie Française , formed in 1629 , was then a private association ; six years after , it was ...
... principal merit consists in having compil- ed an excellent dictionary , and edited with care several of the ancient poets of Italy . The Académie Française , formed in 1629 , was then a private association ; six years after , it was ...
Pàgina 25
... principal river of Nova Scotia ; shuben , in the Indian dialect of the country , signifying river . ( See Nova Scotia . ) ACANTHUS ; the name of an ancient town in Egypt , also of one in Caria , and an- other in Macedonia ( near mount ...
... principal river of Nova Scotia ; shuben , in the Indian dialect of the country , signifying river . ( See Nova Scotia . ) ACANTHUS ; the name of an ancient town in Egypt , also of one in Caria , and an- other in Macedonia ( near mount ...
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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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