Encyclopædia 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; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Том 2Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 |
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... studied at Halle , and was , for a time , professor ex- traordinary there . In 1740 , he was made professor of philosophy at Frankfort on the Oder , and died there in 1762. He is the founder of æsthetics as a science , and the inventor ...
... studied at Halle , and was , for a time , professor ex- traordinary there . In 1740 , he was made professor of philosophy at Frankfort on the Oder , and died there in 1762. He is the founder of æsthetics as a science , and the inventor ...
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... studied philosophy with the Jesuits . The arguments of his pro- fessor , and , still more , his friendly discus- sions with a Catholic priest , who dwelt near him , confirmed his doubts of the orthodoxy of Protestantism , so that he re ...
... studied philosophy with the Jesuits . The arguments of his pro- fessor , and , still more , his friendly discus- sions with a Catholic priest , who dwelt near him , confirmed his doubts of the orthodoxy of Protestantism , so that he re ...
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... studied Greek , under the principal , Thom- as Blackwell , and made a general profi- ciency in every branch of education , except mathematics . In 1753 , he ob- 1 tained the degree of A. M. , and accepted the office of school - master ...
... studied Greek , under the principal , Thom- as Blackwell , and made a general profi- ciency in every branch of education , except mathematics . In 1753 , he ob- 1 tained the degree of A. M. , and accepted the office of school - master ...
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... studied at Oxford , and died in 1616 ; the latter was born at Lon- don in 1576 , and died there , in 1625 , of the plague . Animated by the same in- clination , they both devoted themselves to poetry . Their plays , about 50 , ap ...
... studied at Oxford , and died in 1616 ; the latter was born at Lon- don in 1576 , and died there , in 1625 , of the plague . Animated by the same in- clination , they both devoted themselves to poetry . Their plays , about 50 , ap ...
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... studied , and afterwards taught grammar and rhetoric ; at the same time , he applied himself with success to math ... studying at Oxford and Paris , B. was sent , by the favor BECCARIA - BECKET . 25.
... studied , and afterwards taught grammar and rhetoric ; at the same time , he applied himself with success to math ... studying at Oxford and Paris , B. was sent , by the favor BECCARIA - BECKET . 25.
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