5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... Street , London . They were opened in 1765 , by a Scotchman named Macall , who , it is said , transposed the two syllables of his name making it Almack or Allmack - to conceal his identity . The rooms became famous for the balls given ...
... Street , London . They were opened in 1765 , by a Scotchman named Macall , who , it is said , transposed the two syllables of his name making it Almack or Allmack - to conceal his identity . The rooms became famous for the balls given ...
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... Street , New York City , and incorporated in 1869 by the legislature , for the purpose of estab- lishing and maintaining in that city a museum and library of natural history . The corner - stone was laid by President Grant on June 2nd ...
... Street , New York City , and incorporated in 1869 by the legislature , for the purpose of estab- lishing and maintaining in that city a museum and library of natural history . The corner - stone was laid by President Grant on June 2nd ...
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... Streets , New York City . lish actor , was performing Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera - House , in New York City . A mob of 20,000 people attacked the theatre , broke the windows with paving - stones , and scat- tered the police ...
... Streets , New York City . lish actor , was performing Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera - House , in New York City . A mob of 20,000 people attacked the theatre , broke the windows with paving - stones , and scat- tered the police ...
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... Street . It originated in a lit- erary club called the Anthology Club , formed in 1804. In 1806 , a reading- room was established by the association , and a year later the society was incor- porated as the " Boston Athenæum . " It ...
... Street . It originated in a lit- erary club called the Anthology Club , formed in 1804. In 1806 , a reading- room was established by the association , and a year later the society was incor- porated as the " Boston Athenæum . " It ...
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... streets and buildings of the city . It forms the aristocratic part of the metropolis . Backgammon . A game of great antiquity , said to have been invented by Palamedes of Greece about 1224 B.C. Others assign its invention to the Welsh ...
... streets and buildings of the city . It forms the aristocratic part of the metropolis . Backgammon . A game of great antiquity , said to have been invented by Palamedes of Greece about 1224 B.C. Others assign its invention to the Welsh ...
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