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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... emperor's dominions exposed to the attack of the French army . In February , 1745 , he was appointed minister plenipotentiary ; but in 1746 , the French having taken possession of great part of the Netherlands , he repaired to Aix - la ...
... emperor's dominions exposed to the attack of the French army . In February , 1745 , he was appointed minister plenipotentiary ; but in 1746 , the French having taken possession of great part of the Netherlands , he repaired to Aix - la ...
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... emperor Rodolph with every necessary requi- site for the prosecution of his astronomical studies , and was very desirous of having Kepler for an assistant . The repeated letters which Tycho wrote on this subject , and his . promise to ...
... emperor Rodolph with every necessary requi- site for the prosecution of his astronomical studies , and was very desirous of having Kepler for an assistant . The repeated letters which Tycho wrote on this subject , and his . promise to ...
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... emperor Rodolph , who gave him a very favourable reception , and appointed him his mathematician ; but he en- gaged him at the same time to continue his assistance to Tycho as an arithmetician . This title , of mathematician to his ...
... emperor Rodolph , who gave him a very favourable reception , and appointed him his mathematician ; but he en- gaged him at the same time to continue his assistance to Tycho as an arithmetician . This title , of mathematician to his ...
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... emperor of Germany was as great an enemy to Christ as Nero ; " taking advantage of this , and some other unguarded expressions in the same book , they accused him to the senate of treason against the emperor , as also against their own ...
... emperor of Germany was as great an enemy to Christ as Nero ; " taking advantage of this , and some other unguarded expressions in the same book , they accused him to the senate of treason against the emperor , as also against their own ...
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... emperor Dioclesian entertained the design of rendering Nicomedia a rival to Rome , he was sent for by him to teach rhetoric in that city . As , however , he had not many scholars there , it being inhabited chiefly by Greeks , who had no ...
... emperor Dioclesian entertained the design of rendering Nicomedia a rival to Rome , he was sent for by him to teach rhetoric in that city . As , however , he had not many scholars there , it being inhabited chiefly by Greeks , who had no ...
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