The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 15Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1814 |
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... employed him at Heidelberg , and from thence he went to Paris , where , though he worked a long time , and was well paid , yet he grew poor for want of conduct , and died 1659 , in the house of an ordinary painter called Silvain , who ...
... employed him at Heidelberg , and from thence he went to Paris , where , though he worked a long time , and was well paid , yet he grew poor for want of conduct , and died 1659 , in the house of an ordinary painter called Silvain , who ...
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... employed successively in various parts of the kingdom ; principally , indeed , at Calais , at Rousillon , and in Corsica . Everywhere he served with diligence , and everywhere he acquired esteem and venera- tion . Of this conduct he ...
... employed successively in various parts of the kingdom ; principally , indeed , at Calais , at Rousillon , and in Corsica . Everywhere he served with diligence , and everywhere he acquired esteem and venera- tion . Of this conduct he ...
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... Employed to his last moment in his country's service , M. de Fourcroy died January 12 , 1791 , regretted by his family , his friends , and his country . 1 FOURMONT ( STEPHEN ) , professor of the Arabic and Chinese languages at Paris ...
... Employed to his last moment in his country's service , M. de Fourcroy died January 12 , 1791 , regretted by his family , his friends , and his country . 1 FOURMONT ( STEPHEN ) , professor of the Arabic and Chinese languages at Paris ...
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... employed most of their hours by day , they found means to continue this task secretly by night ; and this being considered as a breach of discipline , the supe- rior thought fit to exclude them from the community . Fourmont retired to ...
... employed most of their hours by day , they found means to continue this task secretly by night ; and this being considered as a breach of discipline , the supe- rior thought fit to exclude them from the community . Fourmont retired to ...
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... employed in embassies both in France and Germany ; during which , as he was one day discoursing upon terms of peace , he said , " honourable ones last long , but the dishonourable , no longer than till kings have power to break them ...
... employed in embassies both in France and Germany ; during which , as he was one day discoursing upon terms of peace , he said , " honourable ones last long , but the dishonourable , no longer than till kings have power to break them ...
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Page 463 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered, walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, 1 Memoirs, p. 166. and all nature was silent.
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