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, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1833 |
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... Paris ; but his Pucelle d'Orléans had excited so much displeasure , that he was not allowed to remain in the capital . He now resided for some years at Colmar , where he wrote the Orphan of China , and bought a coun- try seat in the ...
... Paris ; but his Pucelle d'Orléans had excited so much displeasure , that he was not allowed to remain in the capital . He now resided for some years at Colmar , where he wrote the Orphan of China , and bought a coun- try seat in the ...
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... Paris , " he said , " to find my glory and my grave . " He could not sleep ; and a large dose of opium , which he took without the advice of his physician , is thought to have has- tened his death . When his tenants heard of his ...
... Paris , " he said , " to find my glory and my grave . " He could not sleep ; and a large dose of opium , which he took without the advice of his physician , is thought to have has- tened his death . When his tenants heard of his ...
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... ( Paris , 1818 ) , is an important addition to his bi- ography . See La Vie de Voltaire par Con- dorcet ; also La Vie de Voltaire par M. [ Mercier ] ( Geneva , 1788 ) ; Examen des Ouvrages de M. de Voltaire par M. Linguet ( Brussels ...
... ( Paris , 1818 ) , is an important addition to his bi- ography . See La Vie de Voltaire par Con- dorcet ; also La Vie de Voltaire par M. [ Mercier ] ( Geneva , 1788 ) ; Examen des Ouvrages de M. de Voltaire par M. Linguet ( Brussels ...
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... Paris , in 1582 , and was bred up under his father , who was also an artist . He accompanied the French embassy at Constantinople , and drew the grand seignior , from memory , after an audience in the train of the am- bassador . He then ...
... Paris , in 1582 , and was bred up under his father , who was also an artist . He accompanied the French embassy at Constantinople , and drew the grand seignior , from memory , after an audience in the train of the am- bassador . He then ...
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... 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 its exaggerations . In 1817 , he went to Rome , and , 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 its exaggerations . In 1817 , he went to Rome , and , in ...
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