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 1Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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Pàgina iii
... century , particularly the latter part of it , has probably been more fertile in memorable events , and important discoveries and inventions , than any equal period in history . How many extraordinary changes have we witnessed in both ...
... century , particularly the latter part of it , has probably been more fertile in memorable events , and important discoveries and inventions , than any equal period in history . How many extraordinary changes have we witnessed in both ...
Pàgina iv
... century would pass by , be- fore even a Shakspeare was justly estimated beyond the confines of his native land ; while now , we daily find , on title pages , the united names of publishers in three or four different nations , and in ...
... century would pass by , be- fore even a Shakspeare was justly estimated beyond the confines of his native land ; while now , we daily find , on title pages , the united names of publishers in three or four different nations , and in ...
Pàgina 4
... century , it denotes the head of a monastery . The abbot requires un- conditional obedience from his monks , and his office is to supervise the whole brotherhood , to enforce the observance of the rules of the order , and manage the ...
... century , it denotes the head of a monastery . The abbot requires un- conditional obedience from his monks , and his office is to supervise the whole brotherhood , to enforce the observance of the rules of the order , and manage the ...
Pàgina 9
... century ad- mired as a profound divine , is now cele- brated as the martyr of love . The letters of A. and Héloise have been often pub- lished , in the original and in translations . ABELITES , Abelians , or Abelonians . St. Augustine ...
... century ad- mired as a profound divine , is now cele- brated as the martyr of love . The letters of A. and Héloise have been often pub- lished , in the original and in translations . ABELITES , Abelians , or Abelonians . St. Augustine ...
Pàgina 18
... centuries , through priests acting in the place of the bishop , the opinion was spread among the people , that they had the power of absolving , by their own authority , and without the consent of the church . But down to the 12th century ...
... centuries , through priests acting in the place of the bishop , the opinion was spread among the people , that they had the power of absolving , by their own authority , and without the consent of the church . But down to the 12th century ...
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