A Universal Biographical Dictionary Containing the Lives of the Most Celebratd Characters of Every Age and Nation: ... to which is Added, a Dictionary of the Principal Divinities and Heroes of Grecian and Roman Mythology, and a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living CharactersS. Andrus and Son, 1898 - 444 páginas |
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... death , March 3 , 1792 , the new uni- that he was equal to Aristotle in philosophy , versity of Edinburgh , and other great public and to Plato in the knowledge of divine things works , both in that city and in Glasgow , were and Attic ...
... death , March 3 , 1792 , the new uni- that he was equal to Aristotle in philosophy , versity of Edinburgh , and other great public and to Plato in the knowledge of divine things works , both in that city and in Glasgow , were and Attic ...
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... death . Addison ADIMANTUS , a Manichæan sectary at the had for some time been oppressed by shortness close of the 13th century , denied the authenti- of breath , which was now aggravated by a drop - city of the Old Testament . ADHEMAR ...
... death . Addison ADIMANTUS , a Manichæan sectary at the had for some time been oppressed by shortness close of the 13th century , denied the authenti- of breath , which was now aggravated by a drop - city of the Old Testament . ADHEMAR ...
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... death ; they were just going to put the sentence in exe- cution , when Aminias , with a happy presence of mind , throwing aside his cloak , showed his arm without a hand , which he had lost at the battle of Salamin , in defence of his ...
... death ; they were just going to put the sentence in exe- cution , when Aminias , with a happy presence of mind , throwing aside his cloak , showed his arm without a hand , which he had lost at the battle of Salamin , in defence of his ...
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... death at Delphos . Plutarch tells us , that he came there with a great quantity of gold and silver , being ordered by Croesus to offer a sacrifice to Apollo , and to give a con- siderable sum to each inhabitant ; but a quarrel arising ...
... death at Delphos . Plutarch tells us , that he came there with a great quantity of gold and silver , being ordered by Croesus to offer a sacrifice to Apollo , and to give a con- siderable sum to each inhabitant ; but a quarrel arising ...
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... death . ALBUTIUS , Titus , a Roman philosopher , banished for corruption . ALCEUS , a famous lyric poet , born at Mity- lene , in the island of Lesbos . Horace seems to think that he was the first author of lyric poetry . He flourished ...
... death . ALBUTIUS , Titus , a Roman philosopher , banished for corruption . ALCEUS , a famous lyric poet , born at Mity- lene , in the island of Lesbos . Horace seems to think that he was the first author of lyric poetry . He flourished ...
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