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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... gave the boy his bless- ing , with the words " God and freedom . " He had brought with him a new tragedy , Irène , which was performed on the 16th of May . The royal family was present , and the piece was received with unbound- ed ...
... gave the boy his bless- ing , with the words " God and freedom . " He had brought with him a new tragedy , Irène , which was performed on the 16th of May . The royal family was present , and the piece was received with unbound- ed ...
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... gave up , in order to devote himself entirely to philology . Heyne was one of his chief teachers ; but with him he quarrelled . In 1778 , he was appointed rector at Otten- dorf . In 1781 , after the publication of several treatises , he ...
... gave up , in order to devote himself entirely to philology . Heyne was one of his chief teachers ; but with him he quarrelled . In 1778 , he was appointed rector at Otten- dorf . In 1781 , after the publication of several treatises , he ...
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... is , therefore , surprising to see economists making comparisons of the money rate of wages in different coun- tries , as if that gave any practical satis factory result , without also inquiring further what the same 36 WAGENAAR - WAGES .
... is , therefore , surprising to see economists making comparisons of the money rate of wages in different coun- tries , as if that gave any practical satis factory result , without also inquiring further what the same 36 WAGENAAR - WAGES .
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... gave different names to the wagons , ac- cording to the purpose to which they were applied , as carpentum , a two - wheel- ed vehicle , with a vaulted covering , used particularly by the Roman ladies ; car- ruca , a kind of state coach ...
... gave different names to the wagons , ac- cording to the purpose to which they were applied , as carpentum , a two - wheel- ed vehicle , with a vaulted covering , used particularly by the Roman ladies ; car- ruca , a kind of state coach ...
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... gave the public a small volume of Latin poems , with a few critical notes upon Ho- mer . In 1778 , he received deacon's or- ders , and , on leaving college , engaged in a curacy at Stockport , in Cheshire , and subsequently at another ...
... gave the public a small volume of Latin poems , with a few critical notes upon Ho- mer . In 1778 , he received deacon's or- ders , and , on leaving college , engaged in a curacy at Stockport , in Cheshire , and subsequently at another ...
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