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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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 ...
Pàgina 2
... principal writings . ABBAS , ABBASSIDES . ( See Caliph . ) ABBÉ , before the French revolution , was the title of all those Frenchmen who devoted themselves to divinity , or had at least pursued a course of study in a theo- logical ...
... principal writings . ABBAS , ABBASSIDES . ( See Caliph . ) ABBÉ , before the French revolution , was the title of all those Frenchmen who devoted themselves to divinity , or had at least pursued a course of study in a theo- logical ...
Pàgina 9
... principal city in the north of Scotland ; lat . 57 ° 9 ′ N. lon . 2 ° 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 ...
... principal city in the north of Scotland ; lat . 57 ° 9 ′ N. lon . 2 ° 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 ...
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 . ) the name of an ancient town in Egypt , also of one in Caria , and an- other in Macedonia ( near mount Athos ) ...
... principal river of Nova Scotia ; shuben , in the Indian dialect of the country , signifying river . ( See Nova Scotia . ) the name of an ancient town in Egypt , also of one in Caria , and an- other in Macedonia ( near mount Athos ) ...
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