The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... French Revolution . The population , which in 1804 was only 8700 , had risen in 1861 to 40,274 , in 1866 to 65,091 , and in 1876 to 83,000 . ROUBILIAC , LOUIS FRANÇOIS ( 1695-1762 ) , an able French sculptor . Born at Lyons in 1695 , he ...
... French Revolution . The population , which in 1804 was only 8700 , had risen in 1861 to 40,274 , in 1866 to 65,091 , and in 1876 to 83,000 . ROUBILIAC , LOUIS FRANÇOIS ( 1695-1762 ) , an able French sculptor . Born at Lyons in 1695 , he ...
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... French ports , coming next to Marseilles , Havre , and Bordeaux . Em- bankments constructed along the lower Seine have forced the river to deepen its own channel , and the land thus reclaimed has more than repaid the expenses incurred ...
... French ports , coming next to Marseilles , Havre , and Bordeaux . Em- bankments constructed along the lower Seine have forced the river to deepen its own channel , and the land thus reclaimed has more than repaid the expenses incurred ...
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... French Academy of the Fine Arts , but on the revocation of the edict of Nantes he was obliged to take refuge in Holland , and his name was struck off the Academy roll . From Holland he was invited to Eng- land by the duke of Montague ...
... French Academy of the Fine Arts , but on the revocation of the edict of Nantes he was obliged to take refuge in Holland , and his name was struck off the Academy roll . From Holland he was invited to Eng- land by the duke of Montague ...
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... French opera ; and , in his Lettre sur la musique Française , published in 1753 , he indulged in a violent tirade against French music , which he declared to be so contemptible as to lead to the con- clusion " that the French neither ...
... French opera ; and , in his Lettre sur la musique Française , published in 1753 , he indulged in a violent tirade against French music , which he declared to be so contemptible as to lead to the con- clusion " that the French neither ...
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... French man of letters of the present century . At any rate he thought he was menaced if he was not , and migrated to the Île St Pierre in the Lake of Bienne , where he once more for a short , and the last , time enjoyed that idyllic ...
... French man of letters of the present century . At any rate he thought he was menaced if he was not , and migrated to the Île St Pierre in the Lake of Bienne , where he once more for a short , and the last , time enjoyed that idyllic ...
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