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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... passed into England , where he was favorably noticed by New- ⚫ton , and invited to remain by king William on very advantageous conditions . He determined , however , to return to Geneva , and , devoting himself to study , he rendered ...
... passed into England , where he was favorably noticed by New- ⚫ton , and invited to remain by king William on very advantageous conditions . He determined , however , to return to Geneva , and , devoting himself to study , he rendered ...
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... passed through all the ranks of the service , un- til he became a major - general , in 1787 . On the commencement of the war with France , he was employed in Flanders and Holland , with the local rank of lieu- tenant - general , and ...
... passed through all the ranks of the service , un- til he became a major - general , in 1787 . On the commencement of the war with France , he was employed in Flanders and Holland , with the local rank of lieu- tenant - general , and ...
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... passed his early days in the house of his father , Terah , where he was kept from idolatry , which prevailed in his family . Obedient to the voice of God , which pointed out his noble destiny , and com- manded him to settle in Canaan ...
... passed his early days in the house of his father , Terah , where he was kept from idolatry , which prevailed in his family . Obedient to the voice of God , which pointed out his noble destiny , and com- manded him to settle in Canaan ...
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... passing horsemen must dismount . The service , like that of the Greek church , consists in reading parts of the Bible and praying . The clergy , who are very igno- rant , generally marry , and are distin- guished by a cross , which they ...
... passing horsemen must dismount . The service , like that of the Greek church , consists in reading parts of the Bible and praying . The clergy , who are very igno- rant , generally marry , and are distin- guished by a cross , which they ...
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... passed in one court , the whole pile of acts is sent to a court of appeal . ACT , in the universities , signifies a the- sis maintained in public by a candidate for a degree . ACT OF FAITH . ( See Inquisition . ) ACTA ERUDITORUM ; the ...
... passed in one court , the whole pile of acts is sent to a court of appeal . ACT , in the universities , signifies a the- sis maintained in public by a candidate for a degree . ACT OF FAITH . ( See Inquisition . ) ACTA ERUDITORUM ; the ...
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