Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time ; 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, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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... returned to France , whence he had been absent more than two years . The fruits of his inquiries appeared in his ... Returning to Paris , he suffered persecution under the reign of terror ; and , after ten months ' im- prisonment , the ...
... returned to France , whence he had been absent more than two years . The fruits of his inquiries appeared in his ... Returning to Paris , he suffered persecution under the reign of terror ; and , after ten months ' im- prisonment , the ...
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... returned to Paris , where he con- of the estate , the marchioness du Chat- tributed much to form the celebrated actor elet ( q . v . ) , and wrote his Elémens de la Lekain . Frederic the Great had hitherto Philosophie de Newton , to ...
... returned to Paris , where he con- of the estate , the marchioness du Chat- tributed much to form the celebrated actor elet ( q . v . ) , and wrote his Elémens de la Lekain . Frederic the Great had hitherto Philosophie de Newton , to ...
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... returned him an answer which , among many flattering remarks , contained the following sentence : " When I read your treatise , I desire to creep upon all - fours . " This ridicule made the author of Emile his irreconcilable enemy ...
... returned him an answer which , among many flattering remarks , contained the following sentence : " When I read your treatise , I desire to creep upon all - fours . " This ridicule made the author of Emile his irreconcilable enemy ...
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... 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 of LL . D. at Oxford ; and , in 1673 , having been presented to a ...
... 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 of LL . D. at Oxford ; and , in 1673 , having been presented to a ...
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... returned to paint- ing . From 1815 to 1817 , he studied in Paris , under David and Legros . The plastic character of his pieces , and his large masses of shade , show the influ- ence of the French school ; but he has carefully avoided ...
... returned to paint- ing . From 1815 to 1817 , he studied in Paris , under David and Legros . The plastic character of his pieces , and his large masses of shade , show the influ- ence of the French school ; but he has carefully avoided ...
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