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, Volume 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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Pagina 34
... duke of Wellington , as envoy extraor- dinary at St. Petersburg , and lord Strang- ford , then resident minister there ( who had formerly been minister to Constanti- nople ) , discussed the affairs of Greece with the Russian cabinet ...
... duke of Wellington , as envoy extraor- dinary at St. Petersburg , and lord Strang- ford , then resident minister there ( who had formerly been minister to Constanti- nople ) , discussed the affairs of Greece with the Russian cabinet ...
Pagina 35
... duke of Or- leans subscribed , several times , consider- able sums . 40 ladies of high rank made contributions individually , and it was soon the custom , in all the drawing - rooms in Paris , for the lady of the house to make a ...
... duke of Or- leans subscribed , several times , consider- able sums . 40 ladies of high rank made contributions individually , and it was soon the custom , in all the drawing - rooms in Paris , for the lady of the house to make a ...
Pagina 53
... duke of Gloucester , and called Placentia . Henry VII enlarged it , and his son , Henry VIII , finished it . Queen Elizabeth and queen Mary were born within its walls , and Edward VI died here . King Charles II took the greater part ...
... duke of Gloucester , and called Placentia . Henry VII enlarged it , and his son , Henry VIII , finished it . Queen Elizabeth and queen Mary were born within its walls , and Edward VI died here . King Charles II took the greater part ...
Pagina 56
... duke of Apulia ; but the Romans compelled him to quit the city , because it had been plundered by the sol- diers of Robert . Gregory then retired to Salerno , under the protection of the Nor- man prince , where he died , in 1085. By the ...
... duke of Apulia ; but the Romans compelled him to quit the city , because it had been plundered by the sol- diers of Robert . Gregory then retired to Salerno , under the protection of the Nor- man prince , where he died , in 1085. By the ...
Pagina 58
... duke of Pomerania , founded the university here . It does not flourish like the other Prussian universities , and contains only 130 students ; for the govern- ment does not see fit to support it as they do the others , and , at the same ...
... duke of Pomerania , founded the university here . It does not flourish like the other Prussian universities , and contains only 130 students ; for the govern- ment does not see fit to support it as they do the others , and , at the same ...
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Pagina 258 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Pagina 322 - We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
Pagina 134 - And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Pagina 455 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...
Pagina 132 - Hager published an Explanation of the elementary Characters of the Chinese, with an Analysis of their Symbols and Hieroglyphics (London, 1801, folio), and a Dissertation on the newly-discovered Babylonian Inscriptions (1801, 4to.).
Pagina 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 454 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Pagina 266 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Pagina 322 - Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there ! We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England; though we cannot but separate from the corruptions in it. But we go to practise the positive part of Church reformation, and propagate the Gospel in America!
Pagina 386 - My manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I believe, much more singular. Let the piece be of what length it will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, or on a slate, ere ever I put pen to paper; and then I write it down as fast as the A, B, C.