The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... died on his estate of Lemnitz , in Saxe - Weimar , on the 3d of September 1874. In the course of his life he is said to have learned no fewer than eighty languages , thirty of which he spoke with fluency and elegance . But he was less ...
... died on his estate of Lemnitz , in Saxe - Weimar , on the 3d of September 1874. In the course of his life he is said to have learned no fewer than eighty languages , thirty of which he spoke with fluency and elegance . But he was less ...
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... died in October 1396. His paintings show much early promise , hardly sustained as he advanced in life . One of the earliest , at S. Jacopo tra ' Fossi , Florence , represents the Resurrection of Lazarus . Another probably youthful per ...
... died in October 1396. His paintings show much early promise , hardly sustained as he advanced in life . One of the earliest , at S. Jacopo tra ' Fossi , Florence , represents the Resurrection of Lazarus . Another probably youthful per ...
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... died at Hornau , 22d October 4852. Three of the sons of Baron Gagern have attained considerable eminence — one as a soldier , and two , who are still living ( 1879 ) , as politicians . His principal works are - Dic Resultate der ...
... died at Hornau , 22d October 4852. Three of the sons of Baron Gagern have attained considerable eminence — one as a soldier , and two , who are still living ( 1879 ) , as politicians . His principal works are - Dic Resultate der ...
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... died in the following year . His principal work , The Court of the Gentiles , which appeared in parts in 1669 , 1671 , and 1676 , is a strange storehouse of miscellaneous philosophical learning . It resembles the Intellectual System of ...
... died in the following year . His principal work , The Court of the Gentiles , which appeared in parts in 1669 , 1671 , and 1676 , is a strange storehouse of miscellaneous philosophical learning . It resembles the Intellectual System of ...
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... died in- solvent , and owing to his own small patrimony , Albert was thrown almost entirely on his own resources . Yet from the distinction of his family , and the mental ic- quisitions he had gained in college , he was on the road to ...
... died in- solvent , and owing to his own small patrimony , Albert was thrown almost entirely on his own resources . Yet from the distinction of his family , and the mental ic- quisitions he had gained in college , he was on the road to ...
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