5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... tion during the French Revolution , was imprisoned in Paris for the greater part of the year 1794 ; and it was while he was thus confined that he completed the second part of the work . This was published after his release , in 1795. A ...
... tion during the French Revolution , was imprisoned in Paris for the greater part of the year 1794 ; and it was while he was thus confined that he completed the second part of the work . This was published after his release , in 1795. A ...
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... tion of the system of the world , of the arrangement of the celestial bodies and their revolutions , a complete treatise of rectilinear and spherical trigonometry , and all the phe- nomena of diurnal motion explained and calculated with ...
... tion of the system of the world , of the arrangement of the celestial bodies and their revolutions , a complete treatise of rectilinear and spherical trigonometry , and all the phe- nomena of diurnal motion explained and calculated with ...
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... tion of his crime , and is forced to wander over the earth and relate his experiences as a warning to others . See Albatross . height ; have no settled habitations , but pass freely from island to island ; and subsist on fish , small ...
... tion of his crime , and is forced to wander over the earth and relate his experiences as a warning to others . See Albatross . height ; have no settled habitations , but pass freely from island to island ; and subsist on fish , small ...
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... tion bestowed upon Juan de Ovila ( 1500-1569 ) , an eloquent and indefati- gable Spanish preacher , who labored for 20 years with great success as a home- missionary in the south of Spain . cisco Borgia and St. Teresa de Jesus . Among ...
... tion bestowed upon Juan de Ovila ( 1500-1569 ) , an eloquent and indefati- gable Spanish preacher , who labored for 20 years with great success as a home- missionary in the south of Spain . cisco Borgia and St. Teresa de Jesus . Among ...
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... tion given to Voltaire ( 1694-1778 ) , in | consequence of his satirical and bitter attacks upon the Christian religion . It is only just to the memory of Vol- taire to say that he was in no sense an atheist , and that there are to be ...
... tion given to Voltaire ( 1694-1778 ) , in | consequence of his satirical and bitter attacks upon the Christian religion . It is only just to the memory of Vol- taire to say that he was in no sense an atheist , and that there are to be ...
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