The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Unknown
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his sister, of "Evenings at Home" (1747-1822).
AIKMAN, W., an eminent Scotch portrait-painter (1682-1731). AILLY, PIERRE D', a cardinal of the Romish Church, and eminent as a theologian, presided at the council of Constance which condemned Huss (1350-1420). AILSA CRAIG, a rocky islet of Ayrshire, 10 m. NW. of Girvan, 2 m. in circumference, which rises abruptly out of the sea at the mouth of the Firth of Clyde to a height of 1114 ft. AIMARD, GUSTAVE, a French novelist, born in Paris; died insane (1818-1883). AIMÉ, ST., archbishop of Sens, in France; _d_. 690; festival, 13th Sept. AIN, a French river, has its source in the Jura Mts., and falls into the Rhône; also a department of France between the Rhône and Savoy. AINMILLER, a native of Münich, the reviver of glass-painting in Germany (1807-1870). |
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