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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... died in 1541. His works were printed at Basle in 1555 , in 2 vols . , folio ; but this collection does not include his Commentary on St. Augustine , which was esteemed too bold and free by the Louvain doctors . Among his works are De ...
... died in 1541. His works were printed at Basle in 1555 , in 2 vols . , folio ; but this collection does not include his Commentary on St. Augustine , which was esteemed too bold and free by the Louvain doctors . Among his works are De ...
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... died in 1803 , and Canova honored the memory of his friend and benefactor by a relief , which is placed in the hall of the church of the Apostles in Rome . VOLSCI ; an Ausonian tribe , which re- sided , before the foundation of Rome ...
... died in 1803 , and Canova honored the memory of his friend and benefactor by a relief , which is placed in the hall of the church of the Apostles in Rome . VOLSCI ; an Ausonian tribe , which re- sided , before the foundation of Rome ...
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... died in the bosom of the Roman Catholic church , in 1659. Nature had endowed him with extraordinary tal- ents , and he derived little aid from edu- cation . He has been called the Dutch Shakspeare . Devoting himself entirely to the ...
... died in the bosom of the Roman Catholic church , in 1659. Nature had endowed him with extraordinary tal- ents , and he derived little aid from edu- cation . He has been called the Dutch Shakspeare . Devoting himself entirely to the ...
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... ( died in 1822 ) and Abra- ham , the whole of Shakspeare , of which the three first volumes appeared in 1819 . This translation cannot stand a compari- son with Schlegel's . In 1823 , Voss came out , in opposition to Creuzer ( q . v ...
... ( died in 1822 ) and Abra- ham , the whole of Shakspeare , of which the three first volumes appeared in 1819 . This translation cannot stand a compari- son with Schlegel's . In 1823 , Voss came out , in opposition to Creuzer ( q . v ...
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... died in 1688 . Besides editing the works of Seylax , Jus tin the historian , Catullus , Pomponius Mela , St. Barnabas , and St. Ignatius , he published Dissertatio de vera Etate Mun- di ; De Septuaginta Interpretibus eorumque ...
... died in 1688 . Besides editing the works of Seylax , Jus tin the historian , Catullus , Pomponius Mela , St. Barnabas , and St. Ignatius , he published Dissertatio de vera Etate Mun- di ; De Septuaginta Interpretibus eorumque ...
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