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 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Company, 1838 |
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Pàgina 5
... importance . At the time of the Persian war , Greece had already made important advances in civilization . Besides the art of poetry , we find that philosophy began to be 1 * GREECE , ANCIENT , HISTORY OF . 5.
... importance . At the time of the Persian war , Greece had already made important advances in civilization . Besides the art of poetry , we find that philosophy began to be 1 * GREECE , ANCIENT , HISTORY OF . 5.
Pàgina 6
... important colonies of Massilia ( Marseilles ) , in Gaul , and Agrigentum , in Sicily , were founded . Athens was continually ex- tending her commerce , and established important commercial posts in Thrace . In Asia Minor , the Grecian ...
... important colonies of Massilia ( Marseilles ) , in Gaul , and Agrigentum , in Sicily , were founded . Athens was continually ex- tending her commerce , and established important commercial posts in Thrace . In Asia Minor , the Grecian ...
Pàgina 7
... important influence on the religion , politics , manners and phi- losophy of the nation . The gods of Greece were not , like those of Asia , sur- rounded by a holy obscurity ; they were human in their faults and virtues , but were ...
... important influence on the religion , politics , manners and phi- losophy of the nation . The gods of Greece were not , like those of Asia , sur- rounded by a holy obscurity ; they were human in their faults and virtues , but were ...
Pàgina 10
... important occasion , minstrels were present , who were regard- ed as standing under the immediate influ- ence of the gods , especially of the muses , who were acquainted with the present , the past and the future . The minstrel , with ...
... important occasion , minstrels were present , who were regard- ed as standing under the immediate influ- ence of the gods , especially of the muses , who were acquainted with the present , the past and the future . The minstrel , with ...
Pàgina 13
... important in democratic forms of government ; but , not contented with this , they also professed the natural sciences , mathematics , the theory of the fine arts , and philosophy . In the last , it does not seem to have been their ...
... important in democratic forms of government ; but , not contented with this , they also professed the natural sciences , mathematics , the theory of the fine arts , and philosophy . In the last , it does not seem to have been their ...
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Pàgina 128 - St. John's Palace, an ancient house in Wells Street, is believed to have been the residence of the prior of the order of St. John of Jerusalem. Pop. 60,000. — Hackney-coaches took their name from this parish. HADDINQTON, or KAST-LOTHIAW, had' -ding -ton, a county of Scotland, bounded E.