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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... lived quietly in their dioceses , and had no influence on the public administration ; but the Catholic bishops strove after an active participation in public affairs , in order to render secure the authority which their church had ...
... lived quietly in their dioceses , and had no influence on the public administration ; but the Catholic bishops strove after an active participation in public affairs , in order to render secure the authority which their church had ...
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... lived . Thus the intelligent and philosophical Nicolai ( q . v . ) saw nothing but men and women , horses , dogs and birds in their natural form . The illusions of the superstitious consist of demons or angels , and all sorts of ...
... lived . Thus the intelligent and philosophical Nicolai ( q . v . ) saw nothing but men and women , horses , dogs and birds in their natural form . The illusions of the superstitious consist of demons or angels , and all sorts of ...
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... lived quietly in their dioceses , and had no influence on the public administration ; but the Catholic bishops strove after an active participation in public affairs , in order to render secure the authority which their church had ...
... lived quietly in their dioceses , and had no influence on the public administration ; but the Catholic bishops strove after an active participation in public affairs , in order to render secure the authority which their church had ...
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... lived for more than two years in se- crecy , frequently changing his abode , in fear for his life , and died , in 1622 , at the age of fifty - three . VORTICES OF DESCARTES . cartes . ) ( See Des- VOSGES ; a chain of mountains in the ...
... lived for more than two years in se- crecy , frequently changing his abode , in fear for his life , and died , in 1622 , at the age of fifty - three . VORTICES OF DESCARTES . cartes . ) ( See Des- VOSGES ; a chain of mountains in the ...
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... lived much in the society of the great , his behavior was sometimes rude , and his language by no means decent . In his writings , he maintained extravagant para- doxes , while he was generally consid- ered as an infidel in religion ...
... lived much in the society of the great , his behavior was sometimes rude , and his language by no means decent . In his writings , he maintained extravagant para- doxes , while he was generally consid- ered as an infidel in religion ...
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