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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... latter sent to the principal clergyman of St. Sulpice , to induce him to beg Voltaire to submit to the ceremony which Catholic Christians undergo on leaving the world . The circumstances of the case have been related differently ; but ...
... latter sent to the principal clergyman of St. Sulpice , to induce him to beg Voltaire to submit to the ceremony which Catholic Christians undergo on leaving the world . The circumstances of the case have been related differently ; but ...
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... latter has since been published . Dupont has lately pub- lished an edition of Voltaire's works , in 70 volumes . A tolerably complete , but per- haps not entirely impartial review of the numerous literary contests of Voltaire , is given ...
... latter has since been published . Dupont has lately pub- lished an edition of Voltaire's works , in 70 volumes . A tolerably complete , but per- haps not entirely impartial review of the numerous literary contests of Voltaire , is given ...
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... latter , however , does by no means always indicate nobility . There are a few cases , also , in Germany , in which von precedes the name of a commoner . The origin of this signification of von was , probably , that the early noblemen ...
... latter , however , does by no means always indicate nobility . There are a few cases , also , in Germany , in which von precedes the name of a commoner . The origin of this signification of von was , probably , that the early noblemen ...
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... latter pub- lished his edition in 1590 , with anathemas against any who should venture to make changes ; but this edition had scarcely ap- peared , when pope Clement VIII pub- lished a new one , in 1592 , accompanied by a similar bull ...
... latter pub- lished his edition in 1590 , with anathemas against any who should venture to make changes ; but this edition had scarcely ap- peared , when pope Clement VIII pub- lished a new one , in 1592 , accompanied by a similar bull ...
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... latter is easier and less formal , hence more appropriate for the business style . WAGENAAR , John , historiographer to the city of Amsterdam , where he was born in 1709 , and died in 1773 , is one of the most distinguished scholars of ...
... latter is easier and less formal , hence more appropriate for the business style . WAGENAAR , John , historiographer to the city of Amsterdam , where he was born in 1709 , and died in 1773 , is one of the most distinguished scholars of ...
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