Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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... court ( called viri illus- tres officii palatıni ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state ...
... court ( called viri illus- tres officii palatıni ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state ...
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... court ( called viri illus- tres officii palatıni ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state ...
... court ( called viri illus- tres officii palatıni ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state ...
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... court , and by Gaston , duke of Orleans , who made him his master of the ceremonies . In 1634 , he was admitted into the French academy , and was subsequently sent on a mission to Spain , where he composed some verses in such pure and ...
... court , and by Gaston , duke of Orleans , who made him his master of the ceremonies . In 1634 , he was admitted into the French academy , and was subsequently sent on a mission to Spain , where he composed some verses in such pure and ...
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... court of Louis XIV . Hence originated the Henriade and the Siècle de Louis XIV . In 1716 , he was imprisoned in the Bastile , on the charge of having written a satire against the government . He remained in confinement a year and a half ...
... court of Louis XIV . Hence originated the Henriade and the Siècle de Louis XIV . In 1716 , he was imprisoned in the Bastile , on the charge of having written a satire against the government . He remained in confinement a year and a half ...
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... court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded many men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great ...
... court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded many men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great ...
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