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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... ministers and officers of the court ( called viri illus- tres officii palatini ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer ...
... ministers and officers of the court ( called viri illus- tres officii palatini ) , who formed a kind of nobility , and as the constitutional coun- sellors of the king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer ...
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... minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ; but he was discovered , and dragged na- ked through the streets , with his hands tied behind his back ...
... minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ; but he was discovered , and dragged na- ked through the streets , with his hands tied behind his back ...
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... minister to 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 ...
... minister to 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 ...
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... minister . the accession of James II , Waller , then in his eightieth year , was chosen repre- sentative for Saltash ; and he appears to have taken advantage of his intimacy with that monarch to give him very sound ad- vice . He now ...
... minister . the accession of James II , Waller , then in his eightieth year , was chosen repre- sentative for Saltash ; and he appears to have taken advantage of his intimacy with that monarch to give him very sound ad- vice . He now ...
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... minister , was edu- cated for the church at Emanuel college , Cambridge , and , having regularly taken his degrees , entered into holy orders , and , in 1641 , became chaplain to a Yorkshire baronet . In 1643 , he obtained a living in ...
... minister , was edu- cated for the church at Emanuel college , Cambridge , and , having regularly taken his degrees , entered into holy orders , and , in 1641 , became chaplain to a Yorkshire baronet . In 1643 , he obtained a living in ...
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