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Girolamo Tiraboschi
Language; Encyclopedias
An Italian writer, who for some time filled the chair of Rhetoric at Milan University, and subsequently became librarian to the Duke of Modena; is celebrated for his exhaustive survey of Italian ...
strappado
Language; Encyclopedias
An obsolete military punishment by drawing a culprit to the top of a beam and then letting him drop the length of the rope.
Tamworth
Language; Encyclopedias
An old English town on the Stafford and Warwickshire border, 7 m. SE. of Lichfield; its history goes back to the time of the Danes, by whom it was destroyed in 911; an old castle, and the church of ...
St. Albans
Language; Encyclopedias
An old historic city of Hertfordshire, on an eminence by the Ver, a small stream, which separates it from the site of the ancient Verulamium; has a splendid ancient abbey church, rebuilt in 1077; ...
Stuhlweissenburg
Language; Encyclopedias
An old historic Hungarian town, 42 m. SW. of Pesth; was for long the residence of the Hungarian kings, in the cathedral of which they were crowned and buried.
Tarbes
Language; Encyclopedias
An old historic town of France, on the Adour, 100 m. SW. of Toulouse; has a fine 12th-century cathedral, a Government cannon factory, etc.
St. Neots
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An old market-town of Huntingdonshire, on the Ouse, 8 m. SW. of Huntingdon; has an interesting old parish church, a corn exchange, and iron and paper works.
