The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... became his friend , and a French gentleman induced him to go to France , where Louis XIV . became one of his patrons . Ultimately Colbert obtained permission for the painter to return to Naples , and there he died in 1665. Two of his ...
... became his friend , and a French gentleman induced him to go to France , where Louis XIV . became one of his patrons . Ultimately Colbert obtained permission for the painter to return to Naples , and there he died in 1665. Two of his ...
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... became very deere , whereof an extreame famine did arise , and afflict the multitude of the people unto death . " Other instances , as in 1248 , 1390 , and 1586 , are more particu- larly set out in the table of famines already referred ...
... became very deere , whereof an extreame famine did arise , and afflict the multitude of the people unto death . " Other instances , as in 1248 , 1390 , and 1586 , are more particu- larly set out in the table of famines already referred ...
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... became apprenticed to Mr Riebau , a bookbinder . The letters written to his friend Benjamin Abbott at this time give a lucid account of his aims in life , and of his methods of self - culture , when his mind was beginning to turn to the ...
... became apprenticed to Mr Riebau , a bookbinder . The letters written to his friend Benjamin Abbott at this time give a lucid account of his aims in life , and of his methods of self - culture , when his mind was beginning to turn to the ...
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... became duke of Parma . Piacenza was held by the imperialist troops which had seized it ; and the means to be used for its recovery became the subject of a quarrel be- tween the pope and Ottavio , who was supported by his brother ...
... became duke of Parma . Piacenza was held by the imperialist troops which had seized it ; and the means to be used for its recovery became the subject of a quarrel be- tween the pope and Ottavio , who was supported by his brother ...
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... became immersed in the political struggles of the time and a contributor to the political journals . In 1833 and 1834 he was editor of the Constitutionnel , after which he joined the staff of the Courier , and in 1839 be- came its ...
... became immersed in the political struggles of the time and a contributor to the political journals . In 1833 and 1834 he was editor of the Constitutionnel , after which he joined the staff of the Courier , and in 1839 be- came its ...
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