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A town in Saxony, in a division (1,389) of the same name, 82 m. SW. of Dresden; it is in the midst of rich beds of coal, and has a number of manufactures.
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A Scottish martyr, born in Forfarshire; began life as a schoolmaster; was charged with heresy for teaching the Greek New Testament; left the country and spent some time on the Continent; on his return boldly professed and preached the Reformation doctrines, and had the celebrated John Knox, who was tutor in the district, for a disciple among others; he was arrested in Haddingtonshire in January and burned at St. Andrews in March 1546; Knox would fain have accompanied him on his arrest, but was paternally dissuaded by the gentle martyr; "Go home to your bairns" (pupils), said he; "ane is sufficient for a sacrifice."
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Diseases of a contagious nature, presumed to be due to some virus or organism which acts in the system like a ferment.
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A valley in the Tyrol, watered by the Ziller, an affluent of the Inn, some 400 of the inhabitants of which were in 1837 obliged to seek a home elsewhere because of their opposition to the practice of auricular confession, and which they found near Liegnitz, in Prussian Silesia.
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Dutch poet and scholar, born near Antwerp; translated "Reynard the Fox" into Flemish, and did much to encourage the Flemings to preserve and cultivate their mother-tongue (1793-1846).
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(Ox-Ford), ein Kanal 17 Meilen lang und zwischen 3 bis zu einer ½ Meile breit und ca. 30 Fathoms tief, stark verteidigt durch Festungen, ausgehend vom Marmoramee bis zum Schwarzen Meer; unterliegt der Hoheit derTürkei. Es leitet seinen Namen vom Kanal an, der nach dem griechischen Mythos, Zeus, in Form eines Ochsen, nach Europa mit Europa auf dem Rücken ueberquerte.
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Valle de los Pirineos, al noroeste de Pamplona, donde 775 tropas de la armada de Carlomagno fueron derrotadas por los Vascones y Roldán y sus Paladines asesinados.
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A town in Staffordshire, 8 m. NW. of Birmingham; iron-ware manufacture the chief industry; has an old church on the site of an old temple to Woden, whence the name, it is alleged.
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A notability of the Civil War period in England; was a Puritan of the republican type, born in Kent; studied at Oxford; emigrated for a time to New England, but returned, entered Parliament, took an active part against the Royalists, withstood Cromwell, and was openly rebuked by him; his opposition to the Protectorate led to his imprisonment for a time; at the Restoration he was arrested and beheaded on Tower Hill (1612-1662).
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