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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... king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state : the old mode of choosing the king , which had thrown the election into their hands , was altered in favor of the bishops ; and ...
... king , usurped the rights of popular representatives , remained no longer the first class in the state : the old mode of choosing the king , which had thrown the election into their hands , was altered in favor of the bishops ; and ...
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... king Henry VIII . He was also ap- pointed to instruct the princess Mary in polite literature and the Latin language . During his residence at Oxford , he was admitted doctor of laws , and acquired much favor with Henry VIII ; but , ven ...
... king Henry VIII . He was also ap- pointed to instruct the princess Mary in polite literature and the Latin language . During his residence at Oxford , he was admitted doctor of laws , and acquired much favor with Henry VIII ; but , ven ...
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... king George I and the princess of Wales . ance of the writer . Before this time , From this he obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He ...
... king George I and the princess of Wales . ance of the writer . Before this time , From this he obtained considerable emol- Voltaire had gained the favor of the court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He ...
Page 25
... king the chamberlain's key and the cross of the order which had been conferred on him , with some verses , in which he compared himself to a lover who sends back the portrait of his mis- tress ; but the king soon restored them ...
... king the chamberlain's key and the cross of the order which had been conferred on him , with some verses , in which he compared himself to a lover who sends back the portrait of his mis- tress ; but the king soon restored them ...
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... king of England . It was not completely united with England until the reign of Henry VIII , when the government and ... king's eldest son , is , by inheritance , duke of Corn- wall , without any new creation . To com- pass or conspire ...
... king of England . It was not completely united with England until the reign of Henry VIII , when the government and ... king's eldest son , is , by inheritance , duke of Corn- wall , without any new creation . To com- pass or conspire ...
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