Encyclopædia 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 Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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Pàgina 14
... gave early proofs of an astonishing memory , and of a singular vivacity of mind . At the age of 19 years , he entered the college of Puy - Laurens , to finish his studies . The ardor with which he devoted him- self to them weakened his ...
... gave early proofs of an astonishing memory , and of a singular vivacity of mind . At the age of 19 years , he entered the college of Puy - Laurens , to finish his studies . The ardor with which he devoted him- self to them weakened his ...
Pàgina 22
... gave striking proofs of his me- chanical and also of his musical talents . He was afterwards the teacher on the harp of the daughters of Louis XV , and was admitted into their society . By a rich marriage , he laid the foundation of his ...
... gave striking proofs of his me- chanical and also of his musical talents . He was afterwards the teacher on the harp of the daughters of Louis XV , and was admitted into their society . By a rich marriage , he laid the foundation of his ...
Pàgina 33
... gave himself up exclusively to literature , and received the honor , never before confer- red on a Jew , of being admitted into the learned academies of France . He was elected a member of the royal society of antiquaries , of the ...
... gave himself up exclusively to literature , and received the honor , never before confer- red on a Jew , of being admitted into the learned academies of France . He was elected a member of the royal society of antiquaries , of the ...
Pàgina 36
... gave to his friend Columbus the idea of another hemisphere . Robertson ( in his History of America ) and others contradict this statement . It is also rejected by Irving . BEHEADING ; a capital punishment , wherein the head is severed ...
... gave to his friend Columbus the idea of another hemisphere . Robertson ( in his History of America ) and others contradict this statement . It is also rejected by Irving . BEHEADING ; a capital punishment , wherein the head is severed ...
Pàgina 45
... gave audience to foreign ambassadors and to generals returned from war . At the gate was a small column , called the column of war , against which they threw a spear , whenever war was declared . The priests of this goddess consecrated ...
... gave audience to foreign ambassadors and to generals returned from war . At the gate was a small column , called the column of war , against which they threw a spear , whenever war was declared . The priests of this goddess consecrated ...
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