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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... obtained from the Romans permission to settle in the desolated Thrace . The relation of the nations to each other ... obtain- ed internal consistency . Euric , the fifth king , who , from 466 to 483 , during the total decline of the ...
... obtained from the Romans permission to settle in the desolated Thrace . The relation of the nations to each other ... obtain- ed internal consistency . Euric , the fifth king , who , from 466 to 483 , during the total decline of the ...
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... obtained possession , without re- sistance , of most of the cities in southern Gaul , and the kingdom of the Visigoths would have been in great danger , had not Theodoric ( q . v . ) , king of the Ostrogoths , undertaken its defence ...
... obtained possession , without re- sistance , of most of the cities in southern Gaul , and the kingdom of the Visigoths would have been in great danger , had not Theodoric ( q . v . ) , king of the Ostrogoths , undertaken its defence ...
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... obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was 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 ...
... obtained . The most probable opinion is , that he was 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 ...
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... obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded nany men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars ...
... obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded nany men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars ...
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... obtained for them , through his influence , important advantages , and 3 VOL . XIII . · reigned like a petty prince among his subjects . Here he erected a new and elegant church , with the inscription . Deo erexit Voltaire . A decided ...
... obtained for them , through his influence , important advantages , and 3 VOL . XIII . · reigned like a petty prince among his subjects . Here he erected a new and elegant church , with the inscription . Deo erexit Voltaire . A decided ...
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