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... style equally easy and elegant , with great precision , attracted the attention of a numerous school . In 1784 , on the death of Macquer , he obtained the professorship of chemistry in the Royal Gardens , and the year following he was ...
... style equally easy and elegant , with great precision , attracted the attention of a numerous school . In 1784 , on the death of Macquer , he obtained the professorship of chemistry in the Royal Gardens , and the year following he was ...
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... styles him an eminent scholar of his time ; and Lloyd re- presents him as a fine preacher , but adds , that " his in- clination to politics brake through all the ignoble restraints of pedantique studies , to an eminency , more by ...
... styles him an eminent scholar of his time ; and Lloyd re- presents him as a fine preacher , but adds , that " his in- clination to politics brake through all the ignoble restraints of pedantique studies , to an eminency , more by ...
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... style several Latin comedies , the subjects of which were taken from the scriptures . We have a comedy of his , entitled , " De Christo Triumphante , " printed in 1551 , and at Basil in 1556 , 8vo ; which was translated into English by ...
... style several Latin comedies , the subjects of which were taken from the scriptures . We have a comedy of his , entitled , " De Christo Triumphante , " printed in 1551 , and at Basil in 1556 , 8vo ; which was translated into English by ...
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... style of this portion of it , the whole island , and perhaps all Europe , could not have exhibited a gothic structure equal to it * . " His last appearance in parliament was in 1523 ; he had then been nearly five years deprived of his ...
... style of this portion of it , the whole island , and perhaps all Europe , could not have exhibited a gothic structure equal to it * . " His last appearance in parliament was in 1523 ; he had then been nearly five years deprived of his ...
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... style of this letter either affords a proof of Fox's meek and con- ciliatory temper , or suggests a doubt whether our histo- rians have not too implicitly followed each other in assert . ing that Wolsey's ingratitude was the principal ...
... style of this letter either affords a proof of Fox's meek and con- ciliatory temper , or suggests a doubt whether our histo- rians have not too implicitly followed each other in assert . ing that Wolsey's ingratitude was the principal ...
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