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Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. It was founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The ...
A war-vessel of the French fabled to have gone down rather than surrender to the English in a battle off Ushant on 1st June 1794, the crew shouting "Vive la République," when it was really a cry for help.
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Ein Hohepriester, gefeiert, da er die Entscheidung provozierte, dass die Lehre von der wirklichen Gegenwart ein Dogma ist, das mit demCredo der Church Of England nicht vereinbar sei (1804-1886).
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Sohn des vorhergehenden, Philologe; begleitete Colenso nach Natal; Autor von "Comparative Grammar of the S. African Languages" (1827 – 1875).
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A native State on the E. coast of South Africa, stretching N. of Zululand.
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A port of Bulgaria, on a bay in the Black Sea; a place of considerable trade, specially in exporting corn; here the French and English allied forces encamped for four months in 1854 prior to their invasion of the Crimea.
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A town in the NE. of Italy, in a province of the name, bordering on the Tyrol, 42 m. W. of Venice; has fine palaces designed by Palladio, a native of the place; manufactures woollen and silk fabrics, and wooden wares; was a place of some importance under the Lombards.
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A brave Swiss who, on the field of Sempach, on 9th June 1386, rushed on the lances of the opposing Austrians, and so opened a way for his compatriots to dash through and win the day.
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A universal language by Schleyer, a German pastor; as yet practically limited to its applicability to commercial intercourse.
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("Chronigraphus"), an annalist and monk of St. Albans; wrote what is in effect a continuation of Matthew Paris's "Chronicle," and practically a history of his own times from 1259 to 1307, which is both a spirited and trustworthy account, albeit in parts not original; born 1250.
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A metallic element often found in connection with silica, commonly in the form of a black powder.
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