Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; 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 Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... Holland , Sweden , Eng- land , Spain , and ( as Gerber says ) even in Africa and Greece . In 1786 , he was ap- pointed chapel - master to the king of Swe- den . In 1790 , he was in London , where his performance on the organ was heard ...
... Holland , Sweden , Eng- land , Spain , and ( as Gerber says ) even in Africa and Greece . In 1786 , he was ap- pointed chapel - master to the king of Swe- den . In 1790 , he was in London , where his performance on the organ was heard ...
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... Holland , on which occasion he was treated with great respect by Hal- ler , Joseph II and Voltaire . On his re- turn to Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . 1794 , he received the Copleian medal from the ...
... Holland , on which occasion he was treated with great respect by Hal- ler , Joseph II and Voltaire . On his re- turn to Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . 1794 , he received the Copleian medal from the ...
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... Holland , to take the young Voltaire with him as a page . He consented ; but Voltaire fell in love with the daughter of madame Noyer , a refu- gee in Holland , and was therefore sent back to his family . His father would re- ceive him ...
... Holland , to take the young Voltaire with him as a page . He consented ; but Voltaire fell in love with the daughter of madame Noyer , a refu- gee in Holland , and was therefore sent back to his family . His father would re- ceive him ...
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... Holland . VONDEL , Joost van der , one of the most celebrated poets of Holland , of which , however , he was not a native , was born at Cologne , in 1587. His parents , who were Anabaptists , removed to Holland while he was a child ...
... Holland . VONDEL , Joost van der , one of the most celebrated poets of Holland , of which , however , he was not a native , was born at Cologne , in 1587. His parents , who were Anabaptists , removed to Holland while he was a child ...
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... Holland . His Life of Anaxagoras , and his Eulogy of Hieronymus van Decker , laid the foundation of his reputation , and procured him admission into the Dutch institute . His History of Dutch Poetry ( 1808 , 2 vols . ) is a classical ...
... Holland . His Life of Anaxagoras , and his Eulogy of Hieronymus van Decker , laid the foundation of his reputation , and procured him admission into the Dutch institute . His History of Dutch Poetry ( 1808 , 2 vols . ) is a classical ...
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