The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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Page 8
... kind of hereditary connexion with the magistracy of the town of Dreux . He himself was " lieutenant particulier et civil , " a post not easy to trans- late , but apparently possessing some affinity to . a Scotch sheriffship substitute ...
... kind of hereditary connexion with the magistracy of the town of Dreux . He himself was " lieutenant particulier et civil , " a post not easy to trans- late , but apparently possessing some affinity to . a Scotch sheriffship substitute ...
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... kind , and set a good many , of others ' writing to music . He also produced a play or two and some translations . But his chief literary monument is a slender and rather rare little volume entitled Essais en Vers en Prose ( Paris ...
... kind , and set a good many , of others ' writing to music . He also produced a play or two and some translations . But his chief literary monument is a slender and rather rare little volume entitled Essais en Vers en Prose ( Paris ...
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... kind of deist , with a theory of noble sentiment and a practice of libertinism tempered by good nature . It used to be held that in her conjugal relations she was even more sinned against than sinning . But recent investigations seem to ...
... kind of deist , with a theory of noble sentiment and a practice of libertinism tempered by good nature . It used to be held that in her conjugal relations she was even more sinned against than sinning . But recent investigations seem to ...
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... kind of craft . These were for the most part manned by slaves and criminals , and were in constant employment in most European countries . Rowing was understood by the ancient Britons , as they trusted themselves to the mercy of the ...
... kind of craft . These were for the most part manned by slaves and criminals , and were in constant employment in most European countries . Rowing was understood by the ancient Britons , as they trusted themselves to the mercy of the ...
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... kind . Thrown into the dungeons of Dillenburg , Rubens lingered there for many months , his wife , Maria Pypelincx , never relaxing her endeavours to get the undutiful husband restored to freedom . Two years elapsed before the prisoner ...
... kind . Thrown into the dungeons of Dillenburg , Rubens lingered there for many months , his wife , Maria Pypelincx , never relaxing her endeavours to get the undutiful husband restored to freedom . Two years elapsed before the prisoner ...
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