The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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Page 70
... died in 1841 , more from the effects of mental than of bodily exhaustion His principal work , Histoire des Insectes nuisibles à la Vigne , was continued after his death by Milne - Edwards and Blanchard , and published in 1842 . the ...
... died in 1841 , more from the effects of mental than of bodily exhaustion His principal work , Histoire des Insectes nuisibles à la Vigne , was continued after his death by Milne - Edwards and Blanchard , and published in 1842 . the ...
Page 71
... died , after a short illness , in his own residence on the banks of the Hudson , at New York , on the 27th of January 1851. See Life and Adven- tures of J. J. Audubon the Naturalist , edited , from materials supplied by his widow , by ...
... died , after a short illness , in his own residence on the banks of the Hudson , at New York , on the 27th of January 1851. See Life and Adven- tures of J. J. Audubon the Naturalist , edited , from materials supplied by his widow , by ...
Page 85
... died , 1st February 1733 , from mortification of an old wound . Of his numerous natural children , the most famous was the distinguished general , Maurice of Saxony . AUGUSTUS III . , or FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II . , Elector of Saxony and ...
... died , 1st February 1733 , from mortification of an old wound . Of his numerous natural children , the most famous was the distinguished general , Maurice of Saxony . AUGUSTUS III . , or FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II . , Elector of Saxony and ...
Page 86
... died at his manor of Auck- land , 24th April 1345 , and was buried in the cathedral church of Durham . His works are ( 1. ) Philobiblon , con- taining directions for the management of his library at Oxford , and an elaborate eulogy of ...
... died at his manor of Auck- land , 24th April 1345 , and was buried in the cathedral church of Durham . His works are ( 1. ) Philobiblon , con- taining directions for the management of his library at Oxford , and an elaborate eulogy of ...
Page 87
... died of fever , 161 A.D. , at his villa of Lorium at the age of seventy - five . As his end approached , he summoned his friends and the leading men of Rome to his bedside , and recommended to them Marcus , who was then forty years of ...
... died of fever , 161 A.D. , at his villa of Lorium at the age of seventy - five . As his end approached , he summoned his friends and the leading men of Rome to his bedside , and recommended to them Marcus , who was then forty years of ...
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