A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Том 4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... stands on a hill about thirty miles north - west of Munster . This castle was for- merly garrisoned by the troops of the bishop of Munster ; but was taken by the French , after a heavy bombardment , in 1760. Being soon after re - taken ...
... stands on a hill about thirty miles north - west of Munster . This castle was for- merly garrisoned by the troops of the bishop of Munster ; but was taken by the French , after a heavy bombardment , in 1760. Being soon after re - taken ...
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... stands on ten small hills , in the form of an am- phitheatre . It is fortified with walls , bastions , and ditches , besides two castles . To one there is a covered passage from the city . It is said to be seven Italian miles in ...
... stands on ten small hills , in the form of an am- phitheatre . It is fortified with walls , bastions , and ditches , besides two castles . To one there is a covered passage from the city . It is said to be seven Italian miles in ...
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... stands in a deep bay , sur- rounded with mountains almost inaccessible ; the corn consumed is almost all imported ; a miscel- laneous commerce , and the fisheries , occupying the chief attention of the inhabitants : 12,000 barrels of ...
... stands in a deep bay , sur- rounded with mountains almost inaccessible ; the corn consumed is almost all imported ; a miscel- laneous commerce , and the fisheries , occupying the chief attention of the inhabitants : 12,000 barrels of ...
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... stands the magnificent cathedral be- longing to the Calvinists , first opened for public worship in 1750. The other objects worthy of notice , are the new custom - house , the royal mews , the gallery of paintings , the military school ...
... stands the magnificent cathedral be- longing to the Calvinists , first opened for public worship in 1750. The other objects worthy of notice , are the new custom - house , the royal mews , the gallery of paintings , the military school ...
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... stands . The fame of this set- tlement awakened the jealousy of the Spaniards , they appeared off St. George's with some vessels ; but being fired upon from the forts , sheered off ; though the English at that time were so ill pro ...
... stands . The fame of this set- tlement awakened the jealousy of the Spaniards , they appeared off St. George's with some vessels ; but being fired upon from the forts , sheered off ; though the English at that time were so ill pro ...
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