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Page 1146
... Spanish settlement , held for a time by the British , taken by Jackson 1814 , and annexed with Fla . 1819. The Navy - yard near by was seized by Confederates Jan. 1861 , but regained 1862 . Pop . , 1890 , 11,750 . Penshurst . Town in ...
... Spanish settlement , held for a time by the British , taken by Jackson 1814 , and annexed with Fla . 1819. The Navy - yard near by was seized by Confederates Jan. 1861 , but regained 1862 . Pop . , 1890 , 11,750 . Penshurst . Town in ...
Page 1148
... Spanish . Percy , THOMAS , D.D. , 1728-1811 . Bp . of Dromore 1782 . His Reliques of Ancient English Poetry , 3 vols . , 1765 , is an im- portant collection of ballads , freely revised and enlarged by his own hand . Percy Anecdotes ...
... Spanish . Percy , THOMAS , D.D. , 1728-1811 . Bp . of Dromore 1782 . His Reliques of Ancient English Poetry , 3 vols . , 1765 , is an im- portant collection of ballads , freely revised and enlarged by his own hand . Percy Anecdotes ...
Page 1149
... Spanish author . His Civil Wars of Granada , 1595-1604 , a mixture of history and ro- mance , has been drawn on by other writers , from Calde- ron to Irving . Pérez Galdós . See GALDÓS . Perfect . Flowers which contain both stamens and ...
... Spanish author . His Civil Wars of Granada , 1595-1604 , a mixture of history and ro- mance , has been drawn on by other writers , from Calde- ron to Irving . Pérez Galdós . See GALDÓS . Perfect . Flowers which contain both stamens and ...
Page 1153
... Spanish Inquisition , and the efforts of Charles V. and Philip II . to suppress heresy in the Netherlands . Perseids . Meteoric showers having the radient in the con- stellation Perseus . They appear ab . Aug. 1 . Persephone . Greek ...
... Spanish Inquisition , and the efforts of Charles V. and Philip II . to suppress heresy in the Netherlands . Perseids . Meteoric showers having the radient in the con- stellation Perseus . They appear ab . Aug. 1 . Persephone . Greek ...
Page 1155
... Spanish conquest P. was occupied by the Incas , who had reached a stage in many respects in advance of its Spanish conquerors . They had an elaborate religious ritual , a well - developed system of colonization and land ten- ure ...
... Spanish conquest P. was occupied by the Incas , who had reached a stage in many respects in advance of its Spanish conquerors . They had an elaborate religious ritual , a well - developed system of colonization and land ten- ure ...
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