The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... position at the court of St James's , but was recalled in 1870 . After a short visit to Holland he again took up his resi- dence in England , where The Life and Death of John Barneveld , Advocate of Holland , with a view of the primary ...
... position at the court of St James's , but was recalled in 1870 . After a short visit to Holland he again took up his resi- dence in England , where The Life and Death of John Barneveld , Advocate of Holland , with a view of the primary ...
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... position as an artist was assured ; for this was not only the finest work he had ever written but incontestably the finest opera that had ever yet been placed upon the stage in any age or country . It marked an era in the history of art ...
... position as an artist was assured ; for this was not only the finest work he had ever written but incontestably the finest opera that had ever yet been placed upon the stage in any age or country . It marked an era in the history of art ...
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... position as those districts which were known as boroughs in a popular sense , as having originally had a ... positions . The councillors hold office for three years , one - third of their number being annually renewed by ballot . If the ...
... position as those districts which were known as boroughs in a popular sense , as having originally had a ... positions . The councillors hold office for three years , one - third of their number being annually renewed by ballot . If the ...
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... position gave him still further opportunity for the exercise 1 The results of these researches were embodied in a massive quarto volume entitled The Silurian System ( London , 1839 ) . LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA ...
... position gave him still further opportunity for the exercise 1 The results of these researches were embodied in a massive quarto volume entitled The Silurian System ( London , 1839 ) . LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA ...
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... position . In 340 B.C. he was consul , and had , with his colleague Manlius Torquatus , the command in the Latin war . A decisive battle took place under Mt. Vesuvius ; the Romans wavered , and Decius , repeating after the chief pontiff ...
... position . In 340 B.C. he was consul , and had , with his colleague Manlius Torquatus , the command in the Latin war . A decisive battle took place under Mt. Vesuvius ; the Romans wavered , and Decius , repeating after the chief pontiff ...
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