The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 2. köideHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1910 |
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... France . Director Aubusson : Town . of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études . Author of Les États pro- vinciaux de la France centrale sous Charles VII ; & c . ALEXANDER WOOD RENTON , M.A. , LL.B. Puisne Judge of the Supreme ...
... France . Director Aubusson : Town . of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études . Author of Les États pro- vinciaux de la France centrale sous Charles VII ; & c . ALEXANDER WOOD RENTON , M.A. , LL.B. Puisne Judge of the Supreme ...
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... France . Arthur ( King ) ; Arthurian Legend . Aqueduct : Ancient and Medieval ; Aquinas , Thomas ( in part ) ; Archon ; Arms and Armour : Ancient . Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons . Professor of Surgery at ...
... France . Arthur ( King ) ; Arthurian Legend . Aqueduct : Ancient and Medieval ; Aquinas , Thomas ( in part ) ; Archon ; Arms and Armour : Ancient . Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons . Professor of Surgery at ...
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... France , who in 1472 ordered it to be thrice said daily . ANGELUS SILESIUS ( 1624-1677 ) , German religious poet , was born in 1624 at Breslau . His family name was Johann Scheffler , but he is generally known by the pseudonym Angelus ...
... France , who in 1472 ordered it to be thrice said daily . ANGELUS SILESIUS ( 1624-1677 ) , German religious poet , was born in 1624 at Breslau . His family name was Johann Scheffler , but he is generally known by the pseudonym Angelus ...
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... France have not contributed so largely to the modern library , but in the first country we find several useful works by Max von dem Borne , beginning with the Handbuch der Angelfischerei of 1875 , and there are a good many other writers ...
... France have not contributed so largely to the modern library , but in the first country we find several useful works by Max von dem Borne , beginning with the Handbuch der Angelfischerei of 1875 , and there are a good many other writers ...
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... France , by Paul Meyer , 3 vols . , 1891-1901 ) . It owes its brilliancy largely to the protection accorded by Henry II . of England to the men of letters of his day . " He could speak French and Latin well , and is said to have known ...
... France , by Paul Meyer , 3 vols . , 1891-1901 ) . It owes its brilliancy largely to the protection accorded by Henry II . of England to the men of letters of his day . " He could speak French and Latin well , and is said to have known ...
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