Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Volume 13Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, 1836 |
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... of Congress , in the year 1832 , by CAREY AND LEA , In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . L. Ashmead & Co. Printers . NOTICE . Ar the commencement of this Encyclopædia , it.
... of Congress , in the year 1832 , by CAREY AND LEA , In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . L. Ashmead & Co. Printers . NOTICE . Ar the commencement of this Encyclopædia , it.
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... 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 the first class in the state ...
... 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 the first class in the state ...
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... court of Louis XIV . Hence originated the Henriade and the Siècle de Louis XIV . In 1716 , he was imprisoned in the Bastile , on the charge of having written a satire against the government . He remained in confinement a year and a half ...
... court of Louis XIV . Hence originated the Henriade and the Siècle de Louis XIV . In 1716 , he was imprisoned in the Bastile , on the charge of having written a satire against the government . He remained in confinement a year and a half ...
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... court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded many men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great ...
... court ument . He became acquainted with by a political service . He corresponded many men of rank , and distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great ...
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... court of Sweden disagreeable to him , he quitted it in 1649 , and returned to his native country , where he employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works . In 1670 , he visited England , and was ad- mitted to the degree ...
... court of Sweden disagreeable to him , he quitted it in 1649 , and returned to his native country , where he employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works . In 1670 , he visited England , and was ad- mitted to the degree ...
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