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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... observed that mi — the Low German for me , and pretty nearly resembling the French moi - was used by all parties to express the first person sin- gular . The infinitive was also used in- stead of the finite modes , expressing only the ...
... observed that mi — the Low German for me , and pretty nearly resembling the French moi - was used by all parties to express the first person sin- gular . The infinitive was also used in- stead of the finite modes , expressing only the ...
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... observed in places where snow is unknown . The second is contradicted by the fact , that the common water of Switzerland , instead of being impregnated with calcareous matter , excels that of most other coun- tries in Europe in purity ...
... observed in places where snow is unknown . The second is contradicted by the fact , that the common water of Switzerland , instead of being impregnated with calcareous matter , excels that of most other coun- tries in Europe in purity ...
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... observed them perform with the antennæ shows the delicacy and perfec- tion of the muscles . They move the long silken appendages , as if cleaning or polish- ing them , somewhat as we see birds do with their feathers . The field crickets ...
... observed them perform with the antennæ shows the delicacy and perfec- tion of the muscles . They move the long silken appendages , as if cleaning or polish- ing them , somewhat as we see birds do with their feathers . The field crickets ...
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... observed in civil ac- tions . In the course of time , this mode is superseded by a public accusation on the part of the state , appearing by an attorney , to prosecute the offence . Upon this prin- ciple are founded the criminal proceed ...
... observed in civil ac- tions . In the course of time , this mode is superseded by a public accusation on the part of the state , appearing by an attorney , to prosecute the offence . Upon this prin- ciple are founded the criminal proceed ...
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... observe its peculiarities . Few persons have read the sublime book of Job , without being struck with the magnificent and terrible description of the attributes of leviathan to which alone the characters of the crocodile correspond . It ...
... observe its peculiarities . Few persons have read the sublime book of Job , without being struck with the magnificent and terrible description of the attributes of leviathan to which alone the characters of the crocodile correspond . It ...
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