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Dr. John Aikin
Language; Encyclopedias
A popular writer, and author, with Mrs. Barbauld, his sister, of "Evenings at Home" (1747-1822).
Antipope
Language; Encyclopedias
A pope elected by a civil power in opposition to one elected by the cardinals, or one self-elected and usurped; there were some 26 of such, first and last.
Amalfi
Language; Encyclopedias
A port on the N. of the Gulf of Salerno, 24 m. SE. of Naples; of great importance in the Middle Ages, and governed by Doges of its own.
Angra Pequena
Language; Encyclopedias
A port in SW. Africa, N. of the Orange River, and the nucleus of the territory belonging to Germany.
Aarhuus
Language; Encyclopedias
A port on the E. of Jutland, with a considerable export and import trade, and a fine old Gothic cathedral.
Ancona
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A port of Italy in the Adriatic, second to that of Venice; founded by Syracusans.
Doctor Akakia
Language; Encyclopedias
A satire of a very biting nature by Voltaire, directed against pretentious pedants of science in the person of Maupertuis, the President of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, which so excited ...
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