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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... taken to the Museum of French Monuments , and later were Lachaise , where they now rest . See transferred to the Cemetery of Père- Paraclete ; Tomb of Abelard and Héloïse . In Abernethy Biscuits . These biscuits were not named after the ...
... taken to the Museum of French Monuments , and later were Lachaise , where they now rest . See transferred to the Cemetery of Père- Paraclete ; Tomb of Abelard and Héloïse . In Abernethy Biscuits . These biscuits were not named after the ...
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... taken . Hence have arisen the prov- erbs : Amyclæ perished through silence , " and " Amyclis ipsis taci- turnior ( Lat . More silent than the Amycleans themselves . See Silent City . Anabaptists ( Gr . ává , again , ẞan- rico , I ...
... taken . Hence have arisen the prov- erbs : Amyclæ perished through silence , " and " Amyclis ipsis taci- turnior ( Lat . More silent than the Amycleans themselves . See Silent City . Anabaptists ( Gr . ává , again , ẞan- rico , I ...
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... taken from the Arch of Trajan . Some writers , in- deed , consider the Arch of Constantine as simply a transformation of the Arch of Trajan . Arch of Septimius Severus . A noted monument in Rome , erected in 205 A.D. , by the Senate in ...
... taken from the Arch of Trajan . Some writers , in- deed , consider the Arch of Constantine as simply a transformation of the Arch of Trajan . Arch of Septimius Severus . A noted monument in Rome , erected in 205 A.D. , by the Senate in ...
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... taken by Jason , to avenge the death of his kinsman Phrixus and to recover the treasure stolen by his murderer , Eetes , King of Colchis . The date of the enterprise is variously given as 1263 , 1225 , and 1169 B.C. The ship in which ...
... taken by Jason , to avenge the death of his kinsman Phrixus and to recover the treasure stolen by his murderer , Eetes , King of Colchis . The date of the enterprise is variously given as 1263 , 1225 , and 1169 B.C. The ship in which ...
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... taken prisoners on the re- treat . The English lost only one ship . Armed Soldier of Democracy . A sobriquet frequently conferred upon Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821 ) . Armida . The name of a beautiful sorceress in Tasso's Jerusalem De ...
... taken prisoners on the re- treat . The English lost only one ship . Armed Soldier of Democracy . A sobriquet frequently conferred upon Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821 ) . Armida . The name of a beautiful sorceress in Tasso's Jerusalem De ...
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