The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 13. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1857 |
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... Paris he was presented by Louis XVI . with a splendid sword , enhanced in value by a very flattering inscription . For a while he reigned as the lion of the day in Paris , followed the fashions , and desired to be thought a man of ton ...
... Paris he was presented by Louis XVI . with a splendid sword , enhanced in value by a very flattering inscription . For a while he reigned as the lion of the day in Paris , followed the fashions , and desired to be thought a man of ton ...
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... Paris , 1845 . Josephus has been translated into most of the European tongues . Of the English versions may be mentioned those of Lodge ; Lestrange , Lond . , 1702 ; and Whiston , Lond . , 1737. The French translation is by Gillet , Paris ...
... Paris , 1845 . Josephus has been translated into most of the European tongues . Of the English versions may be mentioned those of Lodge ; Lestrange , Lond . , 1702 ; and Whiston , Lond . , 1737. The French translation is by Gillet , Paris ...
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... ( Paris ) , he set himself to repair the havoc of the barbarian invasions . Cities were rebuilt , im- post and taxes abolished , and rapacious governors punished . All these reforms were brought about in such a way as to gain to their ...
... ( Paris ) , he set himself to repair the havoc of the barbarian invasions . Cities were rebuilt , im- post and taxes abolished , and rapacious governors punished . All these reforms were brought about in such a way as to gain to their ...
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... Paris , then high in favour and power at court , en- couraged him in that kind of composition . He suppressed his satires , however , for some time ; but when at length he published them in his sixtieth year , they took the world by ...
... Paris , then high in favour and power at court , en- couraged him in that kind of composition . He suppressed his satires , however , for some time ; but when at length he published them in his sixtieth year , they took the world by ...
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... Paris in the space of three months ; and yet , he says , that out of this immense number , there are , perhaps , not one thousand constructed upon scien- tific principles , or capable of giving anything like a correct idea of the power ...
... Paris in the space of three months ; and yet , he says , that out of this immense number , there are , perhaps , not one thousand constructed upon scien- tific principles , or capable of giving anything like a correct idea of the power ...
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