Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volum 2Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 |
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Pągina 16
... appointed , by Louis XVIII , minister of war ; but was super- seded by Soult , in December , 1814 . BAYLEY , Richard , M. D. , was born at Fairfield , Connecticut , in the year 1745 . Having completed his medical studies , he went to ...
... appointed , by Louis XVIII , minister of war ; but was super- seded by Soult , in December , 1814 . BAYLEY , Richard , M. D. , was born at Fairfield , Connecticut , in the year 1745 . Having completed his medical studies , he went to ...
Pągina 21
... appointed minister of war . In consequence of the decree removing men of noble birth from the army , he retired to his country - seat . He was falsely accused of having pro- moted the surrender of Mentz , and was sentenced to death ...
... appointed minister of war . In consequence of the decree removing men of noble birth from the army , he retired to his country - seat . He was falsely accused of having pro- moted the surrender of Mentz , and was sentenced to death ...
Pągina 29
... appointed to this post by Henry , in his will . At Verneuil , in 1424 , he displayed his military talents ; and the difficulties , which , from various causes , he experi- enced in endeavoring to maintain pos- session of the conquered ...
... appointed to this post by Henry , in his will . At Verneuil , in 1424 , he displayed his military talents ; and the difficulties , which , from various causes , he experi- enced in endeavoring to maintain pos- session of the conquered ...
Pągina 39
... appointed secretary of the consu- lado at Buenos Ayres , and thus came in contact continually with the mercantile classes , the most enlightened and im- portant portion of the population of that city . His polished and amiable man- ners ...
... appointed secretary of the consu- lado at Buenos Ayres , and thus came in contact continually with the mercantile classes , the most enlightened and im- portant portion of the population of that city . His polished and amiable man- ners ...
Pągina 43
... appointed civil and military governor of both the Galicias . In the paign of 1809 , he distinguished him- Aspern . B. afterwards became pres- er of the council of war at Vienna , act- ed in Italy against Murat , was appointed governor ...
... appointed civil and military governor of both the Galicias . In the paign of 1809 , he distinguished him- Aspern . B. afterwards became pres- er of the council of war at Vienna , act- ed in Italy against Murat , was appointed governor ...
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 2 Francis Lieber Visualització completa - 1840 |
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Passatges populars
Pągina 102 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Pągina 170 - Caraecas to the president of the senate, renouncing the presidency of the republic, and expressing a determination to repel the imputations of ambition cast upon him, by retiring to seclusion upon his patrimonial estate. Santander, in reply...
Pągina 178 - If this be all, the bond is called a single one, simplex obligatio: but there is generally a condition added, that if the obligor does some particular act, the obligation shall be void, or else shall remain in full force : as payment of rent ; performance of covenants in a deed; or repayment of a principal sum of money borrowed of the obligee, with interest, which principal sum is usually one-half of the penal sum specified in the bond. In case this condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited,...
Pągina 216 - He was a fellow of the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, and an associate of several scientific institutions abroad.
Pągina 196 - ... caprices of his policy. Yet even the proud style in which she demanded what her brothers begged made her the more attractive to her brother. Once, however, when she forgot herself towards the empress, whom she never liked, she was obliged to leave the court. She was yet in disgrace, at Nice, when Napoleon resigned his crown in 1814, upon which occasion she immediately acted as a tender sister. Instead of remaining at her palace in Rome, she set out for Elba, to join her brother, and acted the...
Pągina 23 - They begin to cut down their timber for building early in the summer, but their edifices are not commenced until about the middle or latter part of August, and are not completed until the beginning of the cold season. The strength of their teeth, and their perseverance in this work, may be fairly estimated by the size of the trees they cut down.
Pągina 256 - BREVIARY ; the book containing the daily service of the church of Rome, matins, lauds, prime, third, sixth, nones and vespers, which all Catholics were formerly bound to read daily. This obligation is now restricted to the beneficiary clergy. BREWING. The juices of fruits contain sugar, which is essential to the vinous fermentation. But this does not exist, in any important quantity, in seeds.
Pągina 522 - Cameades specifically was, that " as the senses, the understanding, and the imagination frequently deceive us, they cannot be the infallible judges of truth, but that from the impression made by the senses, we infer appearances of truth, which, with respect to the conduct of life, are a sufficient guide.*' He was a strenuous opposer of Chrysippus, and attacked with great vigour the system of theology of the stoics.
Pągina 196 - They were in his carriage, which was taken in that battle, and was shown publicly at London. He intended to have returned them to her. She lived, afterwards, Separated from her husband, at Rome, where she occupied part of the palace Borghese, and where she possessed, from 1816, the villa Sciarra. Her house, in which taste and love of the fine arts prevailed, was the centre of the most splendid society at Rome.
Pągina 63 - Berchem, are the breadth and just distribution of the lights; the grandeur of his masses of light and shadow; the natural ease and simplicity in the attitudes of his figures, expressing their several characters...