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, Volum 1Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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... given . The articles on the Fine Arts are , in the original work , particularly complete ; and I hope the Encyclopædia Americana will , therefore , be found satisfactory in a department in which the English encyclopedias have hitherto ...
... given . The articles on the Fine Arts are , in the original work , particularly complete ; and I hope the Encyclopædia Americana will , therefore , be found satisfactory in a department in which the English encyclopedias have hitherto ...
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... given different signifi- cations to the word abacus . ( See Ar- chitecture . ) ABATIS , ( Fr. ) Trees cut down and laid with their branches turned towards the enemy , in such a way as to form a defence for troops stationed behind them ...
... given different signifi- cations to the word abacus . ( See Ar- chitecture . ) ABATIS , ( Fr. ) Trees cut down and laid with their branches turned towards the enemy , in such a way as to form a defence for troops stationed behind them ...
Pàgina 12
... given to the eldest inhabitants of a country , of whose origin nothing certain is known . The Roman historians give this name to the people who dwelt in the vicinity of Rome , before the arrival of the Trojans . Differ- ent derivations ...
... given to the eldest inhabitants of a country , of whose origin nothing certain is known . The Roman historians give this name to the people who dwelt in the vicinity of Rome , before the arrival of the Trojans . Differ- ent derivations ...
Pàgina 14
... given them by God , and the miracles performed in their favor . He was born at Ur , in Chaldæa , about 2000 B. C. , and descended in the eighth gen- eration from Shem , Noah's eldest son . He passed his early days in the house of his ...
... given them by God , and the miracles performed in their favor . He was born at Ur , in Chaldæa , about 2000 B. C. , and descended in the eighth gen- eration from Shem , Noah's eldest son . He passed his early days in the house of his ...
Pàgina 18
... given birth to the famous Saladin , and was re- nowned for the valor of its members . While a youth , he distinguished himself in various campaigns . From his uncle he inherited the principality of Hamah ; but , on account of quarrel ...
... given birth to the famous Saladin , and was re- nowned for the valor of its members . While a youth , he distinguished himself in various campaigns . From his uncle he inherited the principality of Hamah ; but , on account of quarrel ...
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