General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 6Robinson, 1807 - 672 pages |
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... German into English by J. Casp . Scheuchzer , and published at London in 1727 , folio ; from it a French translation was made . Two MS . of of the same work were purchased from the heirs of his niece , by prof . Dohm of Capel , from ...
... German into English by J. Casp . Scheuchzer , and published at London in 1727 , folio ; from it a French translation was made . Two MS . of of the same work were purchased from the heirs of his niece , by prof . Dohm of Capel , from ...
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... German Lu- theran divine and professor , was born at Wol- mar , a village in the landgraviate of Hesse- Cassel , in the year 1649. He studied suc- cessively at Marpurg and at Giessen , and was admitted to the degree of M.A. in the ...
... German Lu- theran divine and professor , was born at Wol- mar , a village in the landgraviate of Hesse- Cassel , in the year 1649. He studied suc- cessively at Marpurg and at Giessen , and was admitted to the degree of M.A. in the ...
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... German schools , and gained converts from other systems ; but , for some time , chiefly in the university of Konigsberg . Kant's new si- tuation required , that he should be almost en- tirely occupied in metaphysical studies ; and he ...
... German schools , and gained converts from other systems ; but , for some time , chiefly in the university of Konigsberg . Kant's new si- tuation required , that he should be almost en- tirely occupied in metaphysical studies ; and he ...
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... German Mercury . " For seventy years , Kant had enjoyed an almost uninterrupted state of good health ; but in the last ten years of his life , his corporeal and mental decay was painfully visible to his friends . Loss of appetite , of ...
... German Mercury . " For seventy years , Kant had enjoyed an almost uninterrupted state of good health ; but in the last ten years of his life , his corporeal and mental decay was painfully visible to his friends . Loss of appetite , of ...
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... German antiquities , as yet almost untouched . Through his encou- ragement , Keysler formed the resolution of un- dertaking something systematic on the anti- quities of Germany , and the origin of its inha- bitants . A specimen which he ...
... German antiquities , as yet almost untouched . Through his encou- ragement , Keysler formed the resolution of un- dertaking something systematic on the anti- quities of Germany , and the origin of its inha- bitants . A specimen which he ...
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