The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1884 |
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... Napoleon the office of secretary of state in the kingdom of Westphalia . Early in 1808 he was transferred at his own request to the office of director- general of public instruction . On 29th May 1809 he died at Cassel . The value of ...
... Napoleon the office of secretary of state in the kingdom of Westphalia . Early in 1808 he was transferred at his own request to the office of director- general of public instruction . On 29th May 1809 he died at Cassel . The value of ...
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... Napoleon's expedi- tion to Moscow . Munich is well supplied with public parks . The Eng- lish garden , to the north - east of the town , is 600 acres in extent , and was laid out by the celebrated Count Rumford in imitation of an ...
... Napoleon's expedi- tion to Moscow . Munich is well supplied with public parks . The Eng- lish garden , to the north - east of the town , is 600 acres in extent , and was laid out by the celebrated Count Rumford in imitation of an ...
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... Napoleon , he suddenly threw up his 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 ...
... Napoleon , he suddenly threw up his 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 ...
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... Napoleon at Waterloo seeming to close the prospect of advancement in the military pro- fession , Murchison , after eight years of service , quitted the army , and married the daughter of General Hugonin , of Nursted House , Hampshire ...
... Napoleon at Waterloo seeming to close the prospect of advancement in the military pro- fession , Murchison , after eight years of service , quitted the army , and married the daughter of General Hugonin , of Nursted House , Hampshire ...
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... Napoleon he in this work attri- buted that moral sickness of the time which he described . " One man , " he wrote , " absorbed the whole life of Europe ; the rest of the human race struggled to fill their lungs with the air that he had ...
... Napoleon he in this work attri- buted that moral sickness of the time which he described . " One man , " he wrote , " absorbed the whole life of Europe ; the rest of the human race struggled to fill their lungs with the air that he had ...
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