The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... king issued repeated orders that he should with these invade England , though every port was blockaded by the ships of Holland and Zealand . Once , goaded to rashness , he made a mad attempt to break through the line , but the odds were ...
... king issued repeated orders that he should with these invade England , though every port was blockaded by the ships of Holland and Zealand . Once , goaded to rashness , he made a mad attempt to break through the line , but the odds were ...
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... king , with reports on the siege of Siena . His services at length procured him the post of president of the chambre des monnaies , and thus enabled him to re- sume his literary studies . Having become embarrassed with debt , he found ...
... king , with reports on the siege of Siena . His services at length procured him the post of president of the chambre des monnaies , and thus enabled him to re- sume his literary studies . Having become embarrassed with debt , he found ...
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... king's pensioners . The plot was propounded and approved of ; all took a solemn oath of secrecy and perseverance , and afterwards received the sacrament from Gerard , a Jesuit , who was in another room . In May a house adjoining the ...
... king's pensioners . The plot was propounded and approved of ; all took a solemn oath of secrecy and perseverance , and afterwards received the sacrament from Gerard , a Jesuit , who was in another room . In May a house adjoining the ...
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... king was greatly offended by her excesses ; and Bossuet was by and by drawn into the circle of her vehement opponents . Strangely it was by Fénelon's advice that the subject was first brought under Bossuet's notice . Attracted by Madame ...
... king was greatly offended by her excesses ; and Bossuet was by and by drawn into the circle of her vehement opponents . Strangely it was by Fénelon's advice that the subject was first brought under Bossuet's notice . Attracted by Madame ...
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... king of Eire . They are supposed to have been instituted by a prehistoric king , Fiachadh , the father of the above - named Tuathal , or his brother according to another account , and to have enjoyed great power for about 150 years ...
... king of Eire . They are supposed to have been instituted by a prehistoric king , Fiachadh , the father of the above - named Tuathal , or his brother according to another account , and to have enjoyed great power for about 150 years ...
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