Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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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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... returned to Derayeh , where , meanwhile , his father had been murdered , in 1803 , by a Persian . Sehud was now prince of the Wahabees . Their high- priest was Hussein the Blind , the eldest son of Sheik Mohammed . The misfor- tunes ...
... returned to Derayeh , where , meanwhile , his father had been murdered , in 1803 , by a Persian . Sehud was now prince of the Wahabees . Their high- priest was Hussein the Blind , the eldest son of Sheik Mohammed . The misfor- tunes ...
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... returned to Upsal , in 1814. His Flora Lapponica , Flora Car- pathorum , Flora Upsaliensis , and Flora Suecica ( 2 ... returning one member to parliament . WAKEFIELD , Gilbert , a distinguished scholar and critic , son of the reverend ...
... returned to Upsal , in 1814. His Flora Lapponica , Flora Car- pathorum , Flora Upsaliensis , and Flora Suecica ( 2 ... returning one member to parliament . WAKEFIELD , Gilbert , a distinguished scholar and critic , son of the reverend ...
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... returned by force to Piedmont , in 1689 , and , with those who had remained , maintained them- sclves , under many oppressions , to which limits were finally put , in 1725 , in conse- quence of Prussian mediation . They now enjoy ...
... returned by force to Piedmont , in 1689 , and , with those who had remained , maintained them- sclves , under many oppressions , to which limits were finally put , in 1725 , in conse- quence of Prussian mediation . They now enjoy ...
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... returned to Bohemia without an appointment . Here he married a very rich but aged widow , who , after a short , childless marriage , left him a great prop- erty , which enabled him to play a splen- did part at the court of the emperor ...
... returned to Bohemia without an appointment . Here he married a very rich but aged widow , who , after a short , childless marriage , left him a great prop- erty , which enabled him to play a splen- did part at the court of the emperor ...
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