The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... native city . Here he continued his studies with ardour , made himself yet more master of Plato and Plutarch , and especially advanced in sacred learning under the vener- able Planck . The impulse communicated by Schleiermacher was ...
... native city . Here he continued his studies with ardour , made himself yet more master of Plato and Plutarch , and especially advanced in sacred learning under the vener- able Planck . The impulse communicated by Schleiermacher was ...
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... native cavalry , one troop of native horse artillery , four regiments of native infantry , and a regiment of irregular horse . " A small fort has been constructed by the British as a place of refuge for the families of the military ...
... native cavalry , one troop of native horse artillery , four regiments of native infantry , and a regiment of irregular horse . " A small fort has been constructed by the British as a place of refuge for the families of the military ...
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... native canton . The favourite authors of his boyish years were Plutarch and Rousseau ; and he took great interest in the study of natural history and mathematics . He was placed at an early age with a florist - gardener in the environs ...
... native canton . The favourite authors of his boyish years were Plutarch and Rousseau ; and he took great interest in the study of natural history and mathematics . He was placed at an early age with a florist - gardener in the environs ...
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... native town , it is toierably clean and airy . The population is estimated at 20,000 ; distant N. from Madras 100 miles ; N. Lat . 14 . 27. , E. Long . 80. 2. The British district , of which this town is the chief place , is bounded on ...
... native town , it is toierably clean and airy . The population is estimated at 20,000 ; distant N. from Madras 100 miles ; N. Lat . 14 . 27. , E. Long . 80. 2. The British district , of which this town is the chief place , is bounded on ...
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... native of Africa . In the poetical contests of that day he owned no superior except the young prince Numerianus . " He shone out , " says Vopiscus , adorned with all the crowns of victory . " His bucolic poems were three ; and under the ...
... native of Africa . In the poetical contests of that day he owned no superior except the young prince Numerianus . " He shone out , " says Vopiscus , adorned with all the crowns of victory . " His bucolic poems were three ; and under the ...
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