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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 ...
Kriegerische marodierende Stämme in den bergigen Gegenden des nördlichen Griechenlands, spielte eine wichtige Rolle im Unabhängigkeitskrieg von 1820.
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A name given by the Romans to the spirits of the dead, and who, such of them as are ghosts of the wicked, wander about at night as spectres, and tormented themselves, torment and frighten the living.
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Eine Industrie und Handelsstadt in Frankreich, 12 Meilen noerdlich von Lille.
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One of the Liberal party in English politics, which in 1886 quitted the Liberal ranks and joined the Conservative party in opposition to the Home Rule policy of Mr. Gladstone.
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Ein Land, in Westasien, westlich des Kaspischen Meeres und Noerdlich Kurdistans , im Altertum unabhängige, nun zwischen der Türkei, Russland und Persien aufgeteilt, besetzt ein Plateau mit fruchtbaren Tälern, die im Berg Arafat gipfelt , in dem der Euphrat und Tigris entspringen.
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A German theologian, born near Elberfeld; became professor at Bonn; his works are numerous, but is best known by his "Life of Christ" and his "Christian Dogmatic" (1802-1884).
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A town in Belgium and capital of the Walloons, in a very picturesque region at the confluence of the Ourthe with the Meuse, the busiest town in Belgium and a chief seat of the woollen manufacture; it is divided in two by the Meuse, which is spanned by 17 bridges; it is the centre of a great mining district, and besides woollens has manufactures of machinery, and steel and iron goods.
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