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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... lived about 440 B. C. He died of apoplexy , ACRONIUS , John , a Mathematician of Fries- land , who wrote on the motion of the earth , died at Basle , 1563 . Dec. 18 , 1809 . elberg , where he published " Lives of Illustri- ADAM ...
... lived about 440 B. C. He died of apoplexy , ACRONIUS , John , a Mathematician of Fries- land , who wrote on the motion of the earth , died at Basle , 1563 . Dec. 18 , 1809 . elberg , where he published " Lives of Illustri- ADAM ...
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... lived in exile . This pope was famous for his wise and witty sayings , some of which are as follow : ESOP , the Phrygian , lived in the time of So. That common men should esteem learning as lon , about the 50th Olympiad , under the ...
... lived in exile . This pope was famous for his wise and witty sayings , some of which are as follow : ESOP , the Phrygian , lived in the time of So. That common men should esteem learning as lon , about the 50th Olympiad , under the ...
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... lived in the 6th century , and wrote a history of Jus- tinian's reign , in five books . AGATHOCLES , a Sicilian , rose from the ob- scurity of a potter to the sovereign power of all Sicily , died 289 B. C. ing by Athens soon after ...
... lived in the 6th century , and wrote a history of Jus- tinian's reign , in five books . AGATHOCLES , a Sicilian , rose from the ob- scurity of a potter to the sovereign power of all Sicily , died 289 B. C. ing by Athens soon after ...
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... lived in great esteem till to remove to Bourges , where his law lectures his death , which happened May 25 , 709 . were much admired . The duke of Milan in- ALDHUN , a famous bishop , who built the vited him back to his native town ...
... lived in great esteem till to remove to Bourges , where his law lectures his death , which happened May 25 , 709 . were much admired . The duke of Milan in- ALDHUN , a famous bishop , who built the vited him back to his native town ...
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... lived . " His " Recreation of the Muses " was printed in folio , 1637 , to which is prefixed his portrait by Mar- shall , esteemed the best of that artist's works . He died 1640 . ALEXANDER , de Medicis , first duke of Flo- rence in ...
... lived . " His " Recreation of the Muses " was printed in folio , 1637 , to which is prefixed his portrait by Mar- shall , esteemed the best of that artist's works . He died 1640 . ALEXANDER , de Medicis , first duke of Flo- rence in ...
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