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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... born at Formia , a city of Campania , now called Mola di Gaeta . He plainly appears to have been liberally educated ; and that he travelled for information and improve- inent , we learn from his writings . The only public edifice which ...
... born at Formia , a city of Campania , now called Mola di Gaeta . He plainly appears to have been liberally educated ; and that he travelled for information and improve- inent , we learn from his writings . The only public edifice which ...
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... born at Valen- tia , in Spain , in 1492 , and studied at Paris and Louvain . He then visited England , having previously become one of the first fellows of Corpus Christi college , Oxford . He was patronised by Catharine of Arra- gon ...
... born at Valen- tia , in Spain , in 1492 , and studied at Paris and Louvain . He then visited England , having previously become one of the first fellows of Corpus Christi college , Oxford . He was patronised by Catharine of Arra- gon ...
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... born at Craon , in Brittany , in 1755. Inspired , at an early age , with a desire to visit foreign countries in search of knowledge , he no sooner became master of a small patri- monial estate , than , he converted it into money , and ...
... born at Craon , in Brittany , in 1755. Inspired , at an early age , with a desire to visit foreign countries in search of knowledge , he no sooner became master of a small patri- monial estate , than , he converted it into money , and ...
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... born at Cologne , in 1587. His parents , who were Anabaptists , removed to Holland while he was a child , and the poet him- self afterwards went over to the Arminians ( q . v . ) , and finally died in the bosom of the Roman Catholic ...
... born at Cologne , in 1587. His parents , who were Anabaptists , removed to Holland while he was a child , and the poet him- self afterwards went over to the Arminians ( q . v . ) , and finally died in the bosom of the Roman Catholic ...
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... born near Heidelberg , in 1577 , studied at Dordrecht and Leyden . At the age of twenty , he commenced his literary career by the publication of a Latin panegyric on prince Maurice of Nassau , and , two years after , became director of ...
... born near Heidelberg , in 1577 , studied at Dordrecht and Leyden . At the age of twenty , he commenced his literary career by the publication of a Latin panegyric on prince Maurice of Nassau , and , two years after , became director of ...
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