Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 1John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... principal UNIVERSITIES of Europe . In addition to these important articles , there are inserted the LIVES of all the emi- nent or remarkable characters who have died during the last five or six years and as many of these were chief ...
... principal UNIVERSITIES of Europe . In addition to these important articles , there are inserted the LIVES of all the emi- nent or remarkable characters who have died during the last five or six years and as many of these were chief ...
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... principal nobility . See next article . AARHUUS ; or ARHUSEN , the capital of the bishopric of that name , lies between the fea and a lake , from which water is conveyed by a pretty broad canal , that divides the town into two une- qual ...
... principal nobility . See next article . AARHUUS ; or ARHUSEN , the capital of the bishopric of that name , lies between the fea and a lake , from which water is conveyed by a pretty broad canal , that divides the town into two une- qual ...
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... principal of Univerfity College , in 1597 , inftalled dean of Winchefter , in 1999 , and thrice elected vice - chan- cellor of the University of Oxford , in 1600 , 1603 , and 1605. The tranflation of the Bible , ftill in ufe , being ...
... principal of Univerfity College , in 1597 , inftalled dean of Winchefter , in 1999 , and thrice elected vice - chan- cellor of the University of Oxford , in 1600 , 1603 , and 1605. The tranflation of the Bible , ftill in ufe , being ...
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... principal eunuch to Azariah , one of the three captive Jewith children , who were miracu- lously delivered from the tyrant's fiery furnace . See SHADRACH . ABEL , [ 728 , Heb . Vanity . ] the 2d fon of Adam and Eve , who was a fhepherd ...
... principal eunuch to Azariah , one of the three captive Jewith children , who were miracu- lously delivered from the tyrant's fiery furnace . See SHADRACH . ABEL , [ 728 , Heb . Vanity . ] the 2d fon of Adam and Eve , who was a fhepherd ...
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... principal works are , Commentaries on the Old Teftament , which are printed in Bomberg's and Boxtorf's Hebrew Bibles , and Jefud Mora , a work ( now very scarce ) , tended to recommend the study of the Talmud . His style is elegant and ...
... principal works are , Commentaries on the Old Teftament , which are printed in Bomberg's and Boxtorf's Hebrew Bibles , and Jefud Mora , a work ( now very scarce ) , tended to recommend the study of the Talmud . His style is elegant and ...
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