Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Ed.; Including a Copius Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed., of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 4Lea & Blanchard, 1844 |
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Pàgina 52
... emperor is generally supposed to have been the first who ordered the cross to be used as the sign or emblem under which he would fight and con- quer , in remembrance of the miraculous appearance of a cross in the heavens . A certain ...
... emperor is generally supposed to have been the first who ordered the cross to be used as the sign or emblem under which he would fight and con- quer , in remembrance of the miraculous appearance of a cross in the heavens . A certain ...
Pàgina 59
... emperors , when they wished to manifest their claims as kings of Lom- bardy . An iron circle , made , according to the legend , out of a nail of Christ's cross , which is fixed inside , gave rise to the name . Agilulf , king of Lombardy ...
... emperors , when they wished to manifest their claims as kings of Lom- bardy . An iron circle , made , according to the legend , out of a nail of Christ's cross , which is fixed inside , gave rise to the name . Agilulf , king of Lombardy ...
Pàgina 61
... emperor Alexius to describe the condition of Christianity in the East , and induced many to promise their assistance for the relief of their oppressed brethren . The sensation which he produced at the council assembled at Clermont , in ...
... emperor Alexius to describe the condition of Christianity in the East , and induced many to promise their assistance for the relief of their oppressed brethren . The sensation which he produced at the council assembled at Clermont , in ...
Pàgina 75
... emperor . CULMINATION , in astronomy ; the pass- ing of a star through the meridian , because it has at that moment reached the highest point ( culmen ) of its path , with reference to the observer . Hence culmination is used ...
... emperor . CULMINATION , in astronomy ; the pass- ing of a star through the meridian , because it has at that moment reached the highest point ( culmen ) of its path , with reference to the observer . Hence culmination is used ...
Pàgina 89
... emperor appointed him maître des requêtes to the council of state , and committed to his care the most important affairs in Mentz . Louis XVIII confirmed him in his former offices , and raised him to the rank of counsellor . As such ...
... emperor appointed him maître des requêtes to the council of state , and committed to his care the most important affairs in Mentz . Louis XVIII confirmed him in his former offices , and raised him to the rank of counsellor . As such ...
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