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, Tom 7Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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... celebrated Lusiade , the history of her love is one of the finest epi- sodes . INFALLIBILITY ; exemption from the possibility of error . God , of course , is infallible , because the idea of divinity ex- cludes that of error ; Christ ...
... celebrated Lusiade , the history of her love is one of the finest epi- sodes . INFALLIBILITY ; exemption from the possibility of error . God , of course , is infallible , because the idea of divinity ex- cludes that of error ; Christ ...
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... celebrated for the magnificence of their revels . The last of these took place in 1733 , in the Inner Temple , in honor of Mr. Talbot , when he took leave of that house , of which he was a bencher , on having the great seal delivered to ...
... celebrated for the magnificence of their revels . The last of these took place in 1733 , in the Inner Temple , in honor of Mr. Talbot , when he took leave of that house , of which he was a bencher , on having the great seal delivered to ...
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... celebrated Olavides ( q . v . ) ; and , in 1780 , a poor woman of Seville was declared guilty of witchcraft , and was burnt alive at the stake . With all the limits which had been set to its power , with all the mildness of the tribunal ...
... celebrated Olavides ( q . v . ) ; and , in 1780 , a poor woman of Seville was declared guilty of witchcraft , and was burnt alive at the stake . With all the limits which had been set to its power , with all the mildness of the tribunal ...
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... celebrated for their manufactures and commerce . The Achæans , being pressed by the Heraclides and Dorians , united themselves with them , and the country became insufficient for both people ; the Ionians therefore emigrated to Attica ...
... celebrated for their manufactures and commerce . The Achæans , being pressed by the Heraclides and Dorians , united themselves with them , and the country became insufficient for both people ; the Ionians therefore emigrated to Attica ...
Strona 56
... celebrated by Pe- lops , or , according to some , by Hercules , in honor of Jupiter ; and , after being neg- lected for several ages , they were restored or reestablished by Iphitus . Controver- sies have arisen as to the age in which ...
... celebrated by Pe- lops , or , according to some , by Hercules , in honor of Jupiter ; and , after being neg- lected for several ages , they were restored or reestablished by Iphitus . Controver- sies have arisen as to the age in which ...
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