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, 1835 |
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Page 45
... lived , after his return to France , on his estate , eight leagues from Paris , devoted to scientific pursuits . In October , 1813 , he was chosen a member of the imperial institute , of the class of history and an- cient literature ...
... lived , after his return to France , on his estate , eight leagues from Paris , devoted to scientific pursuits . In October , 1813 , he was chosen a member of the imperial institute , of the class of history and an- cient literature ...
Page 51
... lived , from that time , in Prague , as a private man , but with the pomp of royalty . He was surrounded with guards : sixty pages and twenty chamberlains waited on him . He travelled to his estates with a train of 200 carriages ; and ...
... lived , from that time , in Prague , as a private man , but with the pomp of royalty . He was surrounded with guards : sixty pages and twenty chamberlains waited on him . He travelled to his estates with a train of 200 carriages ; and ...
Page 54
... lived on his wife's jewels , until , after a lapse of ten years , perceiving him- self getting to the end of his resources , he applied for permission to return to England , which , by the interest of colonel Scroope , who had married ...
... lived on his wife's jewels , until , after a lapse of ten years , perceiving him- self getting to the end of his resources , he applied for permission to return to England , which , by the interest of colonel Scroope , who had married ...
Page 55
... lived on the sea - coast , or from the old German word Wahle , which signifies a foreigner , especially an Italian ( hence walnuts ) ; and Wälsch land , in German , signifies Italy . ( In the same way the Polish word for foreigner is ...
... lived on the sea - coast , or from the old German word Wahle , which signifies a foreigner , especially an Italian ( hence walnuts ) ; and Wälsch land , in German , signifies Italy . ( In the same way the Polish word for foreigner is ...
Page 61
... lived , however , till after 1230. The latter years of his life were devoted to a pious contemplation of the world , of death , and eternity . His poems , all of them lyric , may be found in the manuscript collections of the Minnesing ...
... lived , however , till after 1230. The latter years of his life were devoted to a pious contemplation of the world , of death , and eternity . His poems , all of them lyric , may be found in the manuscript collections of the Minnesing ...
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