The English Cyclopaedia, Część 3,Tom 5Charles Knight Bradbury, Evans, 1867 |
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... gave for ever the yearly sum of 500l . towards mending their diet , and a further yearly sum of 1007. for buying of linen . He left 40,000l . for the building of a library at Oxford , which he endowed with an annual stipend of 150l ...
... gave for ever the yearly sum of 500l . towards mending their diet , and a further yearly sum of 1007. for buying of linen . He left 40,000l . for the building of a library at Oxford , which he endowed with an annual stipend of 150l ...
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... gave him his tragedy of ' Samson ' to set , and discerned the beauty of the music ; but its performance was prohibited under the pretext that it prostituted a sacred subject . " Of the many operas by Rameau , his ' Castor and Pollux ...
... gave him his tragedy of ' Samson ' to set , and discerned the beauty of the music ; but its performance was prohibited under the pretext that it prostituted a sacred subject . " Of the many operas by Rameau , his ' Castor and Pollux ...
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... gave proof of his poetic talents . He gradually however obtained the acquaintance of many of the most distinguished persons both in the literary and fashionable circles of the Scottish capital ; and in 1721 he published a volume of his ...
... gave proof of his poetic talents . He gradually however obtained the acquaintance of many of the most distinguished persons both in the literary and fashionable circles of the Scottish capital ; and in 1721 he published a volume of his ...
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... gave him timely notice to quit France and to place his property in safety . Raynal repaired to Spa , where a young Belgian addressed to him a laudatory epistle , La Nymphe de Spa à l'Abbé Raynal , ' which drew upon the author the ...
... gave him timely notice to quit France and to place his property in safety . Raynal repaired to Spa , where a young Belgian addressed to him a laudatory epistle , La Nymphe de Spa à l'Abbé Raynal , ' which drew upon the author the ...
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... gave his attention to various other subjects , both in his private studies and in relation to his college lectures . Upon commencing his duties at Glasgow , he divided his course into four parts , after the example of his predecessor ...
... gave his attention to various other subjects , both in his private studies and in relation to his college lectures . Upon commencing his duties at Glasgow , he divided his course into four parts , after the example of his predecessor ...
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