The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... Leipsic 1879-81 ; became an associate in Johns Hopkins University in 1881 ; and subsequently professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology there . He published numerous grammatical and philological papers ; edited for the first time ...
... Leipsic 1879-81 ; became an associate in Johns Hopkins University in 1881 ; and subsequently professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology there . He published numerous grammatical and philological papers ; edited for the first time ...
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... Leipsic . On the 18th , in connection with the crown - prince of Sweden , he contributed greatly to the defeat of the enemy , and on the 19th his troops made the first assault upon Leipsic . His promptitude and peculiar manner of attack ...
... Leipsic . On the 18th , in connection with the crown - prince of Sweden , he contributed greatly to the defeat of the enemy , and on the 19th his troops made the first assault upon Leipsic . His promptitude and peculiar manner of attack ...
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... ( Leipsic 1862 ) . Blue , Victor , American naval officer : b . North Carolina , 6 Dec. 1865. He graduated at the naval academy June 1887 , and serving through the grades of ensign and junior lieuten- ant , was promoted lieutenant 3 March ...
... ( Leipsic 1862 ) . Blue , Victor , American naval officer : b . North Carolina , 6 Dec. 1865. He graduated at the naval academy June 1887 , and serving through the grades of ensign and junior lieuten- ant , was promoted lieutenant 3 March ...
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... Leipsic , 1841. He is a son of Robert Blum ( q.v. ) , was educated in the universities of Leipsic and Bern , sat in the North German Reichstag 1867-70 , and was a barrister in Leip- sic 1869-97 . He has written extensively on ...
... Leipsic , 1841. He is a son of Robert Blum ( q.v. ) , was educated in the universities of Leipsic and Bern , sat in the North German Reichstag 1867-70 , and was a barrister in Leip- sic 1869-97 . He has written extensively on ...
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... Leipsic , 1809 ; d . 1874. He studied at the Uni- versity of Leipsic and at the outbreak of the Polish revolution he went to Warsaw , where he acted as hospital physician , first in the Polish service and later in the Russian . On his ...
... Leipsic , 1809 ; d . 1874. He studied at the Uni- versity of Leipsic and at the outbreak of the Polish revolution he went to Warsaw , where he acted as hospital physician , first in the Polish service and later in the Russian . On his ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 106 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 200 - Yet do I believe that all this is true, which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith, to believe a thing not only above, but contrary to reason, and against the arguments of our proper senses.
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Page 13 - ... apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result? In five staples only, in the United States alone, the inexhaustible forces of Nature would .produce annually, without effort and without cost, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats, 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley, 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Page 105 - B. resolved to make the attempt with such assistance as he could obtain from private individuals. He, however, previously went to Paris, to improve his acquaintance with physical and mathematical science. His reception from the French literati was extremely flattering. A public eulogium was pronounced on him at a meeting of the institute, and an advantageous appointment was offered him by the French government. To obtain funds for the prosecution of his favorite project, B. also published a translation...