Encyclopaedia 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, Volume 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... duke of Tuscany , and for cardinal Lambertini , his patron , who afterwards , when pope Benedict XIV , conferred on him the honor of knighthood . Crespi , however , has been frequently censured for the singular ideas which he often ...
... duke of Tuscany , and for cardinal Lambertini , his patron , who afterwards , when pope Benedict XIV , conferred on him the honor of knighthood . Crespi , however , has been frequently censured for the singular ideas which he often ...
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... duke of Mantua , in consequence of his wonder- ful performances , chose him preceptor to his son - a youth of a dissolute life and riotous temper . To amuse his patron , Crichton composed a comedy , ridiculing the weaknesses of men in ...
... duke of Mantua , in consequence of his wonder- ful performances , chose him preceptor to his son - a youth of a dissolute life and riotous temper . To amuse his patron , Crichton composed a comedy , ridiculing the weaknesses of men in ...
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... duke of Guise , which had been resolved upon by the estates of Blois . " I cannot stain my hon- or with a deed of shame " was his answer . He fought heroically for Henry IV against the league . After the battle of Arques , in Normandy ...
... duke of Guise , which had been resolved upon by the estates of Blois . " I cannot stain my hon- or with a deed of shame " was his answer . He fought heroically for Henry IV against the league . After the battle of Arques , in Normandy ...
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... duke of York and Mrs. Clarke , and was rewarded with the ap- pointment of secretary for Ireland dur- ing the absence of sir Arthur Wellesley ( duke of Wellington ) , and soon after with that of first secretary to the admiralty . In ...
... duke of York and Mrs. Clarke , and was rewarded with the ap- pointment of secretary for Ireland dur- ing the absence of sir Arthur Wellesley ( duke of Wellington ) , and soon after with that of first secretary to the admiralty . In ...
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... duke of Orleans , in 1742. It is at pres- ent at St. Petersburg . On Crozat's death ( 1740 ) , his collection came into the pos- session of his brother , the marquis du Châtel . Mariette's Description sommaire des Collections de M ...
... duke of Orleans , in 1742. It is at pres- ent at St. Petersburg . On Crozat's death ( 1740 ) , his collection came into the pos- session of his brother , the marquis du Châtel . Mariette's Description sommaire des Collections de M ...
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