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 68
... obtained a seat for Woodstock , and soon gave proof of his ability in the House . He attached himself to Lord North's party , and after serving under Lord Carlisle on the unsuc- cessful commission to the colonists in America , acted as ...
... obtained a seat for Woodstock , and soon gave proof of his ability in the House . He attached himself to Lord North's party , and after serving under Lord Carlisle on the unsuc- cessful commission to the colonists in America , acted as ...
Page 70
... obtained the title of engraver to the king , Louis XIV . , who allowed him a pension , with apartments in the Gobelins ; and the following year he was made a member of the Royal Academy . He was eighty years of age before he quitted the ...
... obtained the title of engraver to the king , Louis XIV . , who allowed him a pension , with apartments in the Gobelins ; and the following year he was made a member of the Royal Academy . He was eighty years of age before he quitted the ...
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... obtained a commission in their army . He fought in person in the battle of Fhilippi , and , as he tells us himself , threw away his shield in his rapid flight from the swords of the Cæsarians . From that time he abjured the losing cause ...
... obtained a commission in their army . He fought in person in the battle of Fhilippi , and , as he tells us himself , threw away his shield in his rapid flight from the swords of the Cæsarians . From that time he abjured the losing cause ...
Page 88
... obtained a triumph for victories in Germany . In 177 the empire , they declared war against all heathen rites , occurred that persecution of Christians , the share of and , at least indirectly , against the Government which per ...
... obtained a triumph for victories in Germany . In 177 the empire , they declared war against all heathen rites , occurred that persecution of Christians , the share of and , at least indirectly , against the Government which per ...
Page 94
... obtain more hope- ful coincidences . Angström thinks that three of the bands correspond with the three brightest bands of the ... obtained consisting chiefly of shaded Angström thinks the agreement between the former and some of the best ...
... obtain more hope- ful coincidences . Angström thinks that three of the bands correspond with the three brightest bands of the ... obtained consisting chiefly of shaded Angström thinks the agreement between the former and some of the best ...
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