Encyclopædia Americana, Volume 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Blanchard and Lea, 1857 |
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... Louis XIV adopted those enor- mous periwigs , which hardly left the throat visible , all these splendid envelopes ... Louis XVI , the stocks yielded to the cravats à la chancelière . The last flourished but for a moment : the revolution ...
... Louis XIV adopted those enor- mous periwigs , which hardly left the throat visible , all these splendid envelopes ... Louis XVI , the stocks yielded to the cravats à la chancelière . The last flourished but for a moment : the revolution ...
Page 60
... Louis XIV ) , was counsel- lor of the parliament of Toulouse , and subsequently reader to the king . The whole of his life was dedicated to the works of art which he had collected , and to the artists who wished to profit by them . The ...
... Louis XIV ) , was counsel- lor of the parliament of Toulouse , and subsequently reader to the king . The whole of his life was dedicated to the works of art which he had collected , and to the artists who wished to profit by them . The ...
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... Louis XIV founded here , at the persuasion of mad- ame Maintenon , in 1686. Here 250 noble ladies were educated , free of expense , until their 20th year . Forty females of the order of St. Augustine instructed the scholars . Madame ...
... Louis XIV founded here , at the persuasion of mad- ame Maintenon , in 1686. Here 250 noble ladies were educated , free of expense , until their 20th year . Forty females of the order of St. Augustine instructed the scholars . Madame ...
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... Louis XIV , Louvois laid the foundation of the present fine collection of antiques in the royal library . The collection of the duke of Orleans , which ne inherited from the Palatinate , was celebrated . Besides these , there were ...
... Louis XIV , Louvois laid the foundation of the present fine collection of antiques in the royal library . The collection of the duke of Orleans , which ne inherited from the Palatinate , was celebrated . Besides these , there were ...
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... Louis XIV . This art owes still more to the famous Noverre ( q . v . ) , whose writings on this sub- ject much surpass those of D'Arbeau and Rameau . A general work on dancing , treating the religious and secular dances of the different ...
... Louis XIV . This art owes still more to the famous Noverre ( q . v . ) , whose writings on this sub- ject much surpass those of D'Arbeau and Rameau . A general work on dancing , treating the religious and secular dances of the different ...
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