The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... chief historical work Storia dello stato Romano dal anno 1815 al 1850 , which he pub- lished in 1850. In the same year he was named by the Sardinian Government member of the upper council of health ; and in 1851 he was appointed ...
... chief historical work Storia dello stato Romano dal anno 1815 al 1850 , which he pub- lished in 1850. In the same year he was named by the Sardinian Government member of the upper council of health ; and in 1851 he was appointed ...
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... chief delight was in martial exercises , and his passionate ambition was for warlike glory . At eleven years of age he earnestly begged leave to join the expedition which fought at St Quentin , and wept bitterly when his request was ...
... chief delight was in martial exercises , and his passionate ambition was for warlike glory . At eleven years of age he earnestly begged leave to join the expedition which fought at St Quentin , and wept bitterly when his request was ...
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... chief town of the province of Algarve , is situated on the Rio Fermoso near its mouth , 20 miles W. by S. of Tavira . It is surrounded by walls , and contains a cathedral , a military hospital , a custom- house , an arsenal , and ...
... chief town of the province of Algarve , is situated on the Rio Fermoso near its mouth , 20 miles W. by S. of Tavira . It is surrounded by walls , and contains a cathedral , a military hospital , a custom- house , an arsenal , and ...
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... chief attention to the surface of the globe , and the nature formerly , he found it necessary in 1801 to recruit his and constituents of the rocks composing it . It was he who health by foreign travel . In resigning his office in the ...
... chief attention to the surface of the globe , and the nature formerly , he found it necessary in 1801 to recruit his and constituents of the rocks composing it . It was he who health by foreign travel . In resigning his office in the ...
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... chief purpose were occasionally contributed to peri- odicals ; and as a kind of interlude to his severer studies he published in 1810 a translation of the Parthenais oder die Alpenreise of the Danish poet Baggesen , with a preface on ...
... chief purpose were occasionally contributed to peri- odicals ; and as a kind of interlude to his severer studies he published in 1810 a translation of the Parthenais oder die Alpenreise of the Danish poet Baggesen , with a preface on ...
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