Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Tom 5Charles Knight Bradbury, Evans & Company, 1867 |
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... March 1771. Rabener was in his time one of the most popular writers in Germany , and he exercised a very beneficial influence upon his countrymen . His satires , in which he attacked in a good- humoured strain the most glaring follies ...
... March 1771. Rabener was in his time one of the most popular writers in Germany , and he exercised a very beneficial influence upon his countrymen . His satires , in which he attacked in a good- humoured strain the most glaring follies ...
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... March 1848 , barricades were erected in every street in Milan ; the fighting lasted for three days ; after which Marshal Radetzky drew his troops out of that city , and retreated to Verona . The Austrian army , at that time in Italy ...
... March 1848 , barricades were erected in every street in Milan ; the fighting lasted for three days ; after which Marshal Radetzky drew his troops out of that city , and retreated to Verona . The Austrian army , at that time in Italy ...
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... March . He continued to act as secretary to the embassy at Paris until 1819 , when he was appointed by the Duke of Wellington , then master of the ordnance , to be his military secre- tary . This post he retained until 1827 , when he ...
... March . He continued to act as secretary to the embassy at Paris until 1819 , when he was appointed by the Duke of Wellington , then master of the ordnance , to be his military secre- tary . This post he retained until 1827 , when he ...
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... March 1634-35 , and his memory honoured by a monument erected by Sir Christopher ( afterwards Lord ) Hatton of Kirby . Randolph's Poems , Translations , and Plays , ' were published in London , 4to , 1634 ; and his Poems , with the ...
... March 1634-35 , and his memory honoured by a monument erected by Sir Christopher ( afterwards Lord ) Hatton of Kirby . Randolph's Poems , Translations , and Plays , ' were published in London , 4to , 1634 ; and his Poems , with the ...
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... March , 1789. Educated at Bourges , he was called to Paris when little more than twenty - two , to fill the chair of history in the Lyceum ; and in 1815 he supplied the place of Guizot as lecturer on Modern History in the University of ...
... March , 1789. Educated at Bourges , he was called to Paris when little more than twenty - two , to fill the chair of history in the Lyceum ; and in 1815 he supplied the place of Guizot as lecturer on Modern History in the University of ...
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