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 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... feet in length , from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the nails . The prevailing color of the plumage is white , with some black about the wings . It is found throughout the greater part of Eu- rope , but passes the winter in ...
... feet in length , from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the nails . The prevailing color of the plumage is white , with some black about the wings . It is found throughout the greater part of Eu- rope , but passes the winter in ...
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... feet long , 43 feet broad , and 564 feet high , cost nearly 60,000 dollars ; the state draw- ing - room , 50 feet by 32 , and 22 feet high , contains a collection of fine pictures , most- ly by the old masters . The library con- sists ...
... feet long , 43 feet broad , and 564 feet high , cost nearly 60,000 dollars ; the state draw- ing - room , 50 feet by 32 , and 22 feet high , contains a collection of fine pictures , most- ly by the old masters . The library con- sists ...
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... feet draught . It was formerly one of the principal Hanse ( See Hansa . ) It has considera- ble trade . Corn is the principal article of towns . export , of which there are sometimes shipped from 30 to 40,000 quarters . It contains a ...
... feet draught . It was formerly one of the principal Hanse ( See Hansa . ) It has considera- ble trade . Corn is the principal article of towns . export , of which there are sometimes shipped from 30 to 40,000 quarters . It contains a ...
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... feet high , is ascended by a stair- way of 725 steps , and is a masterpiece of architecture , being built of hewn stone , cut with such nicety as to give it at a distance some resemblance to lace . The tower was planned and begun by ...
... feet high , is ascended by a stair- way of 725 steps , and is a masterpiece of architecture , being built of hewn stone , cut with such nicety as to give it at a distance some resemblance to lace . The tower was planned and begun by ...
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... feet , so the length of strophes is determined by the number of cola . Monocola are lyric poems , in which verse of a uniform char- acter is used , without division into strophes . Dicola are poems in which the strophes contain verses ...
... feet , so the length of strophes is determined by the number of cola . Monocola are lyric poems , in which verse of a uniform char- acter is used , without division into strophes . Dicola are poems in which the strophes contain verses ...
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