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120 ) calls him Ubdool Uzeez , while a French historian ( Salaberry , Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman , tom . iii . p . 334. Paris , 1813 ) making no mention of the establishment of the sovereign authority in the family of the founder ...
120 ) calls him Ubdool Uzeez , while a French historian ( Salaberry , Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman , tom . iii . p . 334. Paris , 1813 ) making no mention of the establishment of the sovereign authority in the family of the founder ...
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To an ample knowledge of the Latin and French languages , he added that of algebra and the mathematics , all which he acquired without assistance from teachers . The intervals of time not devoted to these substantial pursuits ...
To an ample knowledge of the Latin and French languages , he added that of algebra and the mathematics , all which he acquired without assistance from teachers . The intervals of time not devoted to these substantial pursuits ...
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By referring to the article Neige , in the French Encyclopedia , * I found this subiect there treated at large by Mons . De Ratte , f the author of that article . The varieties spoken of by M. De Ratte , are found most beautifully and ...
By referring to the article Neige , in the French Encyclopedia , * I found this subiect there treated at large by Mons . De Ratte , f the author of that article . The varieties spoken of by M. De Ratte , are found most beautifully and ...
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The same is confirmed by Monge , President of the late French Institute , who has likewise noticed this beautiful phenomenon . Dr. Black too , corrobo* See figures 5 and 8 .
The same is confirmed by Monge , President of the late French Institute , who has likewise noticed this beautiful phenomenon . Dr. Black too , corrobo* See figures 5 and 8 .
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Again , we say , it is not because Mr. Eustace looked upon the French Revolution as the alpha and omega of human crime and misery , or because he was a staunch adherent of the Romish Church , that we object to his lucubrations on a ...
Again , we say , it is not because Mr. Eustace looked upon the French Revolution as the alpha and omega of human crime and misery , or because he was a staunch adherent of the Romish Church , that we object to his lucubrations on a ...
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Page 392 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt...
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| Title | The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 3 Volume 58 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editors | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley |
| Publisher | H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1818 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
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