The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... born in March 1722. Compelled by the embarrassed con- dition of his father's affairs to procure the means of self- support , he , at the age of sixteen , joined the army in Dalmatia ; but three years afterwards he returned to Venice ...
... born in March 1722. Compelled by the embarrassed con- dition of his father's affairs to procure the means of self- support , he , at the age of sixteen , joined the army in Dalmatia ; but three years afterwards he returned to Venice ...
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... born at Naumburg , Saxony , 29th January 1632 , and after receiving the usual school educa- tion at the gymnasium of Pforta became a student of law in the university of Leipsic . During a casual visit to During a casual visit to ...
... born at Naumburg , Saxony , 29th January 1632 , and after receiving the usual school educa- tion at the gymnasium of Pforta became a student of law in the university of Leipsic . During a casual visit to During a casual visit to ...
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... born in Macedonia in 1770 , and died in 1847. He devoted himself to songs of love and wine , and many of his anacreontics are melodious , graceful , and'charming . Somewhat later than Christopoulos comes Jacobos Rizos Neroulos , who was ...
... born in Macedonia in 1770 , and died in 1847. He devoted himself to songs of love and wine , and many of his anacreontics are melodious , graceful , and'charming . Somewhat later than Christopoulos comes Jacobos Rizos Neroulos , who was ...
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... born in London towards the close of the 17th century ( about 1696 , it is generally stated ) . He was the son of a clergyman in the city of London , and soon became a chorister of St Paul's Cathedral , where he studied under Charles ...
... born in London towards the close of the 17th century ( about 1696 , it is generally stated ) . He was the son of a clergyman in the city of London , and soon became a chorister of St Paul's Cathedral , where he studied under Charles ...
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... born February 7 , 1502 , at Bologna , where he studied law and graduated in 1530 , and after- wards taught jurisprudence for some years , Alexander Farnese and Charles Borromeo being among his pupils . At the age of thirty - six he was ...
... born February 7 , 1502 , at Bologna , where he studied law and graduated in 1530 , and after- wards taught jurisprudence for some years , Alexander Farnese and Charles Borromeo being among his pupils . At the age of thirty - six he was ...
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