Difference between revisions of "Cambridge"

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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70169" /> ==
 
<p> County town of Cambridgeshire, stands in flat country, on the Cam, 28 m. NE. of London; an ancient city, with interesting archæological remains; there are some fine buildings, the oldest round church in England, [[Holy]] Sepulchre, and a [[Roman]] [[Catholic]] church. The glory of the city is the University, founded in the 12th century, with its colleges housed in stately buildings, chapels, libraries, museums, &c., which shares with [[Oxford]] the academic prestige of England. It lays emphasis on mathematical, as Oxford on classical, culture. Among its eminent men have been Bacon, Newton, Cromwell, Pitt, Thackeray, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, Wordsworth, and Tennyson. </p>
Cambridge <ref name="term_70168" />
       
<p> A suburb of Boston, U.S., one of the oldest towns in New England; seat of Harvard University; the centre of the book-making trade; here Longfellow resided for many years. </p>
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<ref name="term_70168"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cambridge+(2) Cambridge from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_70169"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cambridge Cambridge from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 18:03, 15 October 2021

Cambridge [1]

A suburb of Boston, U.S., one of the oldest towns in New England; seat of Harvard University; the centre of the book-making trade; here Longfellow resided for many years.

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