The Encyclop¿dia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 2. köideHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1910 |
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... Held , have been adopted in the German Protestant hymnal . More remarkable , however , is his Geistreiche Sinn- und Schluss- reime ( 1657 ) , afterwards called Cherubinischer Wandersmann ( 1674 ) . This is a collection of Reimsprüche ...
... Held , have been adopted in the German Protestant hymnal . More remarkable , however , is his Geistreiche Sinn- und Schluss- reime ( 1657 ) , afterwards called Cherubinischer Wandersmann ( 1674 ) . This is a collection of Reimsprüche ...
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... held by Ormonde to have censured his conduct and that of Charles I. in concluding the " Cessation , " and the duke brought the matter before the council . In 1682 he wrote The Account of Arthur , Earl of Anglesey of the true state of ...
... held by Ormonde to have censured his conduct and that of Charles I. in concluding the " Cessation , " and the duke brought the matter before the council . In 1682 he wrote The Account of Arthur , Earl of Anglesey of the true state of ...
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... held by Wellington . He was at the same time sworn a member of the privy council . Under the Wellington administration he accepted the appoint- ment of lord - lieutenant of Ireland ( March 1828 ) , and in the discharge of his important ...
... held by Wellington . He was at the same time sworn a member of the privy council . Under the Wellington administration he accepted the appoint- ment of lord - lieutenant of Ireland ( March 1828 ) , and in the discharge of his important ...
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... held possession of the ports . Whilst the economic development of the country was not entirely neglected and many useful food products were introduced , the prosperity of the province was very largely dependent on the slave trade with ...
... held possession of the ports . Whilst the economic development of the country was not entirely neglected and many useful food products were introduced , the prosperity of the province was very largely dependent on the slave trade with ...
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... held his own against the attempts of James Hamilton , 1st earl of Arran , to dislodge him . But the return of Albany in 1521 , with whom Margaret now sided against her husband , deprived him of power . The regent took the government ...
... held his own against the attempts of James Hamilton , 1st earl of Arran , to dislodge him . But the return of Albany in 1521 , with whom Margaret now sided against her husband , deprived him of power . The regent took the government ...
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