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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... called fictitious capital . The fiction consists in many individuals being supposed to be possessed of a greater amount of clear capital than they are actually worth . The most striking instance of this fictitious- ness of capital , or ...
... called fictitious capital . The fiction consists in many individuals being supposed to be possessed of a greater amount of clear capital than they are actually worth . The most striking instance of this fictitious- ness of capital , or ...
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... called cross - bows , some of which were attached to carriages , and drawn by horses . There was a small kind , from which were shot little balls . To the larger sort were attached instruments for bending the bow . There are some socie ...
... called cross - bows , some of which were attached to carriages , and drawn by horses . There was a small kind , from which were shot little balls . To the larger sort were attached instruments for bending the bow . There are some socie ...
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... called , in the Scriptures , the anointed of the Lord , a kind of religious mystery and awe became attached to crowned heads , which , in most countries , continues to the present day , though his- tory has shown us abundantly that ...
... called , in the Scriptures , the anointed of the Lord , a kind of religious mystery and awe became attached to crowned heads , which , in most countries , continues to the present day , though his- tory has shown us abundantly that ...
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... called master of the crown office . CROWN POINT ; a post - town in Essex county , New York , on lake Champlain ; 12 miles N. Ticonderoga , 96 N. Albany ; population , in 1820 , 1522 ; lat . 44 ° 3 ' N .; lon . 72 ° 29 / W. This town ...
... called master of the crown office . CROWN POINT ; a post - town in Essex county , New York , on lake Champlain ; 12 miles N. Ticonderoga , 96 N. Albany ; population , in 1820 , 1522 ; lat . 44 ° 3 ' N .; lon . 72 ° 29 / W. This town ...
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... called , where the early Christians met to perform their devotions , for fear of per- secution . Hence crypt came to signify a church under ground , or the lower story , like that of St. Paul's , London , Lastingham priory , and many of ...
... called , where the early Christians met to perform their devotions , for fear of per- secution . Hence crypt came to signify a church under ground , or the lower story , like that of St. Paul's , London , Lastingham priory , and many of ...
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