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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... mean time , he He afterwards attacked the pretensions of was persecuted with lampoons of all the church with such ... means so well adapted judge of affairs of state , but not of me ! to his powers as the culture of the belles- Yes ...
... mean time , he He afterwards attacked the pretensions of was persecuted with lampoons of all the church with such ... means so well adapted judge of affairs of state , but not of me ! to his powers as the culture of the belles- Yes ...
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... means happy . Too much accustomed to the constant admira- tion of the world , he soon became weary of his quiet life , and went , even in his ad- vanced age ( February , 1778 ) , once more to Paris . Here he found many admirers , who ...
... means happy . Too much accustomed to the constant admira- tion of the world , he soon became weary of his quiet life , and went , even in his ad- vanced age ( February , 1778 ) , once more to Paris . Here he found many admirers , who ...
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... means of ascertaining the volume of small bodies , the irregularity of which presents some difficulty in the way of de- termining it by ordinary means . Volume must not be confounded with_mass . the volume also depends the difference of ...
... means of ascertaining the volume of small bodies , the irregularity of which presents some difficulty in the way of de- termining it by ordinary means . Volume must not be confounded with_mass . the volume also depends the difference of ...
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... 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 were called by their Christian ...
... 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 were called by their Christian ...
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... means . After having been occupied with instruct- ing five or six hours a day , he found rec- reation in Greek , music and poetry . In 1772 , he went to Göttingen , where he joined a society of young men , at the head of which were Boje ...
... means . After having been occupied with instruct- ing five or six hours a day , he found rec- reation in Greek , music and poetry . In 1772 , he went to Göttingen , where he joined a society of young men , at the head of which were Boje ...
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