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
... success was such , that in 1707 he obtained the title of engraver to the king , Louis XIV . , who allowed him a ... successful that it was repeated at Manchester and at Edinburgh , where they were no less admired . When he proposed to ...
... success was such , that in 1707 he obtained the title of engraver to the king , Louis XIV . , who allowed him a ... successful that it was repeated at Manchester and at Edinburgh , where they were no less admired . When he proposed to ...
Page 74
... success by his skill in making surface do duty for substance , but of homely , matter - of - fact scribes , whose sole concern was to record what they knew . Their narrative is most unmethodical and inartificial ; their style is tame ...
... success by his skill in making surface do duty for substance , but of homely , matter - of - fact scribes , whose sole concern was to record what they knew . Their narrative is most unmethodical and inartificial ; their style is tame ...
Page 78
... success of his labours , crossed to France , and received consecration at Arles . He then despatched messengers to the Pope to inform him of what had been done , and to pro- pose for his consideration certain practical difficulties that ...
... success of his labours , crossed to France , and received consecration at Arles . He then despatched messengers to the Pope to inform him of what had been done , and to pro- pose for his consideration certain practical difficulties that ...
Page 84
... success , but on the Rhine the great disaster of Varus , and the loss of three legions , left a deep impression of gloom upon the feelings of the age . Augustus himself suffered a succession of disappointments in the premature death of ...
... success , but on the Rhine the great disaster of Varus , and the loss of three legions , left a deep impression of gloom upon the feelings of the age . Augustus himself suffered a succession of disappointments in the premature death of ...
Page 99
... successful , and soon after was trans- ferred to the army engaged in the Deccan . Here he gained several victories , and in ... success , and , not long after , the sudden and alarming illness of Shah Jehan turned his thoughts in another ...
... successful , and soon after was trans- ferred to the army engaged in the Deccan . Here he gained several victories , and in ... success , and , not long after , the sudden and alarming illness of Shah Jehan turned his thoughts in another ...
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