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Page 1101
... French glass of fashion and mold of form , " long prominent 66 in London . Orsini . Princely family , long prominent in Rome ; Guelphs and enemies of the Colonnas . Two of them became popes , 1277 and 1724 . Orsini , FELICE , 1819-1858 ...
... French glass of fashion and mold of form , " long prominent 66 in London . Orsini . Princely family , long prominent in Rome ; Guelphs and enemies of the Colonnas . Two of them became popes , 1277 and 1724 . Orsini , FELICE , 1819-1858 ...
Page 1104
... French Oyster ( Ostrea edulis ) is her- maphrodite and viviparous , and produces as many as 2,000,000 young . The American Oyster ( O. virginiana ) is bisexual , the eggs being fertilized and undergoing development after being spawned ...
... French Oyster ( Ostrea edulis ) is her- maphrodite and viviparous , and produces as many as 2,000,000 young . The American Oyster ( O. virginiana ) is bisexual , the eggs being fertilized and undergoing development after being spawned ...
Page 1106
... French defeat , July 11 , 1708 , by Marlborough and Prince Eugene . Oudinot , CHARLES NICOLAS , 1767-1847 . French general , distinguished at Ostrolenka , Friedland , Wagram , and the Beresina ; Marshal and Duke of Reggio 1809 ; Peer ...
... French defeat , July 11 , 1708 , by Marlborough and Prince Eugene . Oudinot , CHARLES NICOLAS , 1767-1847 . French general , distinguished at Ostrolenka , Friedland , Wagram , and the Beresina ; Marshal and Duke of Reggio 1809 ; Peer ...
Page 1113
... French Na terrorists near is release : issued e U. S. 1802. His of the religious urity . His mem 1892 , who has alse Paine , WILLIAM H. , 1828-1890 . Captain of engineers 1861- 65 ; resident engineer of construction of the Brooklyn ...
... French Na terrorists near is release : issued e U. S. 1802. His of the religious urity . His mem 1892 , who has alse Paine , WILLIAM H. , 1828-1890 . Captain of engineers 1861- 65 ; resident engineer of construction of the Brooklyn ...
Page 1115
... French vols . , 1809 . inventor of a process of enameling ; twice imprisoned as a Protestant . He died in the Bastile . His best - known pieces Palissy , BERNARD , ab . 1510-1589 . French potter of genius , are those decorated with ...
... French vols . , 1809 . inventor of a process of enameling ; twice imprisoned as a Protestant . He died in the Bastile . His best - known pieces Palissy , BERNARD , ab . 1510-1589 . French potter of genius , are those decorated with ...
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