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, Volym 2Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 |
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... Russia were formerly beaten upon their naked backs . The criminal was laid upon the ground , and one of the executioners sat upon his head , another upon his feet . By the code of Catherine II , this punishment was abolished . BATTUECAS ...
... Russia were formerly beaten upon their naked backs . The criminal was laid upon the ground , and one of the executioners sat upon his head , another upon his feet . By the code of Catherine II , this punishment was abolished . BATTUECAS ...
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... Russians against the French . The allies had been compelled , after the battle of Lützen ( May 2 , 1813 ) , to retreat to the right bank of the Elbe , and pre- pared themselves , near Bautzen on the Spree , for a new engagement ...
... Russians against the French . The allies had been compelled , after the battle of Lützen ( May 2 , 1813 ) , to retreat to the right bank of the Elbe , and pre- pared themselves , near Bautzen on the Spree , for a new engagement ...
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... Russian declaration of war against Austria ) , by the peace of Teschen , May 13 , 1779. The possession of Bavaria ... Russia , was disappointed by the firmness of the duke of Deux - Ponts , who , encouraged by the protection of Prussia ...
... Russian declaration of war against Austria ) , by the peace of Teschen , May 13 , 1779. The possession of Bavaria ... Russia , was disappointed by the firmness of the duke of Deux - Ponts , who , encouraged by the protection of Prussia ...
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... Russia . He embarked on this important mission , which had not been sought nor expected by himself or his friends for him , from the port of Philadelphia , May 8 , 1813 , and arrived at St. Petersburg in July of that year . The absence ...
... Russia . He embarked on this important mission , which had not been sought nor expected by himself or his friends for him , from the port of Philadelphia , May 8 , 1813 , and arrived at St. Petersburg in July of that year . The absence ...
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... Russian navy , born at Horsens , in Jutland , being a skilful seaman , was employed by Peter the Great in the navy which he had newly established at Cronstadt . His tal- ents , and the undaunted courage display ed by him in the naval ...
... Russian navy , born at Horsens , in Jutland , being a skilful seaman , was employed by Peter the Great in the navy which he had newly established at Cronstadt . His tal- ents , and the undaunted courage display ed by him in the naval ...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 2 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth,Thomas Gamaliel Bradford,Henry Vethake Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1830 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 2 Francis Lieber Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1840 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 2 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1835 |
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Sida 102 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Sida 170 - Caraecas to the president of the senate, renouncing the presidency of the republic, and expressing a determination to repel the imputations of ambition cast upon him, by retiring to seclusion upon his patrimonial estate. Santander, in reply...
Sida 178 - If this be all, the bond is called a single one, simplex obligatio: but there is generally a condition added, that if the obligor does some particular act, the obligation shall be void, or else shall remain in full force : as payment of rent ; performance of covenants in a deed; or repayment of a principal sum of money borrowed of the obligee, with interest, which principal sum is usually one-half of the penal sum specified in the bond. In case this condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited,...
Sida 216 - He was a fellow of the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, and an associate of several scientific institutions abroad.
Sida 196 - ... caprices of his policy. Yet even the proud style in which she demanded what her brothers begged made her the more attractive to her brother. Once, however, when she forgot herself towards the empress, whom she never liked, she was obliged to leave the court. She was yet in disgrace, at Nice, when Napoleon resigned his crown in 1814, upon which occasion she immediately acted as a tender sister. Instead of remaining at her palace in Rome, she set out for Elba, to join her brother, and acted the...
Sida 23 - They begin to cut down their timber for building early in the summer, but their edifices are not commenced until about the middle or latter part of August, and are not completed until the beginning of the cold season. The strength of their teeth, and their perseverance in this work, may be fairly estimated by the size of the trees they cut down.
Sida 256 - BREVIARY ; the book containing the daily service of the church of Rome, matins, lauds, prime, third, sixth, nones and vespers, which all Catholics were formerly bound to read daily. This obligation is now restricted to the beneficiary clergy. BREWING. The juices of fruits contain sugar, which is essential to the vinous fermentation. But this does not exist, in any important quantity, in seeds.
Sida 522 - Cameades specifically was, that " as the senses, the understanding, and the imagination frequently deceive us, they cannot be the infallible judges of truth, but that from the impression made by the senses, we infer appearances of truth, which, with respect to the conduct of life, are a sufficient guide.*' He was a strenuous opposer of Chrysippus, and attacked with great vigour the system of theology of the stoics.
Sida 196 - They were in his carriage, which was taken in that battle, and was shown publicly at London. He intended to have returned them to her. She lived, afterwards, Separated from her husband, at Rome, where she occupied part of the palace Borghese, and where she possessed, from 1816, the villa Sciarra. Her house, in which taste and love of the fine arts prevailed, was the centre of the most splendid society at Rome.
Sida 63 - Berchem, are the breadth and just distribution of the lights; the grandeur of his masses of light and shadow; the natural ease and simplicity in the attitudes of his figures, expressing their several characters...