Word: discov
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbus female college was burned yesterday. The fire originated from a defective flue, and when discov was so far underway that it could not be controlled. All the inmates were aroused in time to escape. The entire loss is estimated at about $30,000. The college was established seven years ago and was in a flourishing condition, having an attendance of one hundred and twenty young ladies...
...Codex Vaticanus," or the "Bible of the End of the Fourth or Beginning of the Fifth Century," in Greek, and containing the oldest authentic version of the Septuagint and the first Greek version of the new Testament, is perhaps the most valuable. The "Cicero de Republica," the celebrated Palimpset discov red by Cardinal Mai, under a version of St. Augustine's "Commentary on the Psalms," is considered the oldest Latin manuscript extant. The large "Hebrew Bible," in folio, from the library of the duke of Urbino, is interesting from its historical associations, the Jews of Venice having offered...