Encyclopaedia 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, Volume 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... head , and the upper part of the shoulders , and even wear breeches ( q . v . ) , without disgrace . " Palliolum , sicut fascias et focalia , " says Quinctilian , " sola excusare potest valetudo . " It was allowable , indeed , to cover ...
... head , and the upper part of the shoulders , and even wear breeches ( q . v . ) , without disgrace . " Palliolum , sicut fascias et focalia , " says Quinctilian , " sola excusare potest valetudo . " It was allowable , indeed , to cover ...
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... head in any direc- tion . Most fashions have been invented to hide an infirmity or a deformity : large cravats were probably first used to conceal some disagreeable scars , or some unlucky malformation . A singer or a public speak- er ...
... head in any direc- tion . Most fashions have been invented to hide an infirmity or a deformity : large cravats were probably first used to conceal some disagreeable scars , or some unlucky malformation . A singer or a public speak- er ...
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... head ; an example of which may be seen on a bust of Marciana , in the Villa Pamtili . On many medals of quecus , the bust is supported by a crescent , ex- pressive of the relation they bore to their husbands , who , as kings , were as ...
... head ; an example of which may be seen on a bust of Marciana , in the Villa Pamtili . On many medals of quecus , the bust is supported by a crescent , ex- pressive of the relation they bore to their husbands , who , as kings , were as ...
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... head , also the ornament frequently affixed to the helmet , such as a plume or tuft of feathers , a bunch of horse - hair , & c . Warriors have al- ways been in the habit of adorning their persons ; and the helmet , from its conspicu ...
... head , also the ornament frequently affixed to the helmet , such as a plume or tuft of feathers , a bunch of horse - hair , & c . Warriors have al- ways been in the habit of adorning their persons ; and the helmet , from its conspicu ...
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... head of the department of foreign af- fairs in Stockholm , but he could not en- dure the climate of his country , and died in 1785. His works and those of his friend Gyllenborg are published together , under the title Vitterhets Arbeten ...
... head of the department of foreign af- fairs in Stockholm , but he could not en- dure the climate of his country , and died in 1785. His works and those of his friend Gyllenborg are published together , under the title Vitterhets Arbeten ...
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