The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... success , that on completing his course at Sedan , though only seventeen years of age , he had con- ferred on him the degree of doctor in theology . After spending some years in Berlin as minister of a French Protestant church , he ...
... success , that on completing his course at Sedan , though only seventeen years of age , he had con- ferred on him the degree of doctor in theology . After spending some years in Berlin as minister of a French Protestant church , he ...
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... success as a teacher from the thorough knowledge he had of his science , and the persuasiveness with which he enunciated his views . It has been said , however , that the influence he exerted on those who attended his lectures was not ...
... success as a teacher from the thorough knowledge he had of his science , and the persuasiveness with which he enunciated his views . It has been said , however , that the influence he exerted on those who attended his lectures was not ...
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... success in attempting to explain the phenomenon by the nutation of the earth's axis , radiation , errors of observa- tion , & c . At last the true solution of the difficulty occurred to him , suggested , it is said , by the movements of ...
... success in attempting to explain the phenomenon by the nutation of the earth's axis , radiation , errors of observa- tion , & c . At last the true solution of the difficulty occurred to him , suggested , it is said , by the movements of ...
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... success , his tone being very harmonious and even , but the effect , to a foreigner's eye , is rarely interesting . His works are scarcely known out of Copenhagen , where he won an immense fame in his own generation , and where he died ...
... success , his tone being very harmonious and even , but the effect , to a foreigner's eye , is rarely interesting . His works are scarcely known out of Copenhagen , where he won an immense fame in his own generation , and where he died ...
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... success in gaining converts was corre- spondingly great . In his personal relationship to the prophet he showed the deepest veneration and most un- swerving devotion . When Mohammed fled from Mecca , Abu - Bekr was his sole companion ...
... success in gaining converts was corre- spondingly great . In his personal relationship to the prophet he showed the deepest veneration and most un- swerving devotion . When Mohammed fled from Mecca , Abu - Bekr was his sole companion ...
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