The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography ...Wm. S. Orr and Company, 1838 |
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... French fleet . Aug. 1 , energetic measures for rebuilding it . August 17 , 1743 , Nelson discovered the French ships in the road of Sweden here concluded peace with Russia . This Aboukir , and gave the signal of battle . The French ...
... French fleet . Aug. 1 , energetic measures for rebuilding it . August 17 , 1743 , Nelson discovered the French ships in the road of Sweden here concluded peace with Russia . This Aboukir , and gave the signal of battle . The French ...
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... French or the Span - hordes of robbers which infest its mountain regions . iards ; and that the inhabitants have but seldom resisted This race of banditti has existed from time imme- the conquerors . Once only , in 1798 , did the ...
... French or the Span - hordes of robbers which infest its mountain regions . iards ; and that the inhabitants have but seldom resisted This race of banditti has existed from time imme- the conquerors . Once only , in 1798 , did the ...
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... French academies , and is now restored . The and other parts of the East . The principal learned Herculanean Academy was instituted at Naples , in academies and societies in the United States of Ame- 1775 , by the minister Tanucci , to ...
... French academies , and is now restored . The and other parts of the East . The principal learned Herculanean Academy was instituted at Naples , in academies and societies in the United States of Ame- 1775 , by the minister Tanucci , to ...
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... French army under Buona- parte . After a great loss of men on all sides , the French abandoned the siege . ACRIDOPHAGI . An ancient Ethiopian people , who are said to have fed on locusts . ACROCERAUNIUM , a promontory of ancient Epirus ...
... French army under Buona- parte . After a great loss of men on all sides , the French abandoned the siege . ACRIDOPHAGI . An ancient Ethiopian people , who are said to have fed on locusts . ACROCERAUNIUM , a promontory of ancient Epirus ...
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... French ment of government . In regard to the great excel- advocate . - Frederic II . of Prussia had the office of lence of this whole institution , there prevails but one the French advocate in mind , when he conferred voice among the ...
... French ment of government . In regard to the great excel- advocate . - Frederic II . of Prussia had the office of lence of this whole institution , there prevails but one the French advocate in mind , when he conferred voice among the ...
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