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A name given to the alleged effects on the animal system, in certain passive states, of certain presumed magnetic influences acting upon it.
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A narrative account in the New Testament of the founding of the Christian Church chiefly through the ministry of Peter and Paul, written by Luke, commencing with the year 33, and concluding with the imprisonment of Paul in Rome in 62.
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A native of Cologne, of noble birth, for some time in the service of Maximilian, but devoted mainly to the study of the occult sciences, which exposed him to various persecutions through life (1486-1535).
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A native of Milan, a woman of extraordinary ability and attainments, prelected for her father in mathematics in the University of Bologna under sanction of the Pope; died a nun at her birthplace (1718-1799).
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A native of Münich, the reviver of glass-painting in Germany (1807-1870).
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A native of Roseneath, professor of physics in Glasgow University, and the founder of the Andersonian College in Glasgow (1726-1796).
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A Norman poet of the 16th century, who wrote a poem on Alexander the Great in twelve-syllabled lines, called after him Alexandrines.
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A novel by Fielding, and the name of the hero, who is a footman, and the brother of Richardson's Pamela.
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A novel, by Charles Kingsley, written in sympathy with the Chartist movement, in which Carlyle is introduced as one of the personages.
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A once important depôt of trade in the S. of the Sahara, much decayed.
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