The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... command he wrote a German opera , Die Entführung aus dem Serail , which on 16th July 1782 was received with acclamation , and not long afterwards was performed with equal success at Prague . This great work raised the national ...
... command he wrote a German opera , Die Entführung aus dem Serail , which on 16th July 1782 was received with acclamation , and not long afterwards was performed with equal success at Prague . This great work raised the national ...
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... command and left for Naples . He then began an intrigue with Austria . Whether it was that he hoped to escape from a doubtful cause or that he was really offended by Napoleon's preference for Eugène Beauharnais is not known , but in ...
... command and left for Naples . He then began an intrigue with Austria . Whether it was that he hoped to escape from a doubtful cause or that he was really offended by Napoleon's preference for Eugène Beauharnais is not known , but in ...
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... command or permission of the law , excused on account of accident or self - preservation , or alleviated into manslaughter by being the involuntary consequence of some act not strictly lawful , or occasioned by some sudden and ...
... command or permission of the law , excused on account of accident or self - preservation , or alleviated into manslaughter by being the involuntary consequence of some act not strictly lawful , or occasioned by some sudden and ...
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... command a magnificent view . The climate is admirably adapted to the constitution of Europeans ; the lowest recorded temperature is 21 ° Fahr . , the highest 96. The resident population in 1868 was 2346 ; but in the height of the season ...
... command a magnificent view . The climate is admirably adapted to the constitution of Europeans ; the lowest recorded temperature is 21 ° Fahr . , the highest 96. The resident population in 1868 was 2346 ; but in the height of the season ...
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... command in the Latin war . A decisive battle took place under Mt. Vesuvius ; the Romans wavered , and Decius , repeating after the chief pontiff a solemn formula by which he devoted " the legions and auxiliaries of the enemy along with ...
... command in the Latin war . A decisive battle took place under Mt. Vesuvius ; the Romans wavered , and Decius , repeating after the chief pontiff a solemn formula by which he devoted " the legions and auxiliaries of the enemy along with ...
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