The Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes, Constituting, in Combination with the Twenty-nine Volumes of the Eleventh Edition, the Twelfth Edition of that Work, and Also Supplying a New, Distinctive, and Independent Library of Reference Dealing with Events and Developments of the Period 1910 to 1921 Inclusive, Հատոր 11Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited, 1910 |
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... Voltaire . Neufchâteau conferred on him its name , and he was elected member of some of the principal academies of France . In 1783 he was named procureur - général to the council of Santo Domingo . He had previously been engaged on a ...
... Voltaire . Neufchâteau conferred on him its name , and he was elected member of some of the principal academies of France . In 1783 he was named procureur - général to the council of Santo Domingo . He had previously been engaged on a ...
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... Voltaire ; and his character more esteemed and beloved than all of them .... If a collection could be made of all the gazettes of Europe , for the latter half of the 18th century , a greater number of panegyrical paragraphs upon le ...
... Voltaire ; and his character more esteemed and beloved than all of them .... If a collection could be made of all the gazettes of Europe , for the latter half of the 18th century , a greater number of panegyrical paragraphs upon le ...
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... Voltaire and other French men of letters , and was a diligent student of philosophy , history and poetry . Two of his best- known works were written at this time - Considérations sur l'état présent du corps politique de l'Europe and his ...
... Voltaire and other French men of letters , and was a diligent student of philosophy , history and poetry . Two of his best- known works were written at this time - Considérations sur l'état présent du corps politique de l'Europe and his ...
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... Voltaire , who had repeatedly visited him , came at Frederick's urgent entreaty , and received a truly royal welcome . The famous Hirsch trial , and Voltaire's vanity and caprice , greatly lowered him in the esteem of the king , who ...
... Voltaire , who had repeatedly visited him , came at Frederick's urgent entreaty , and received a truly royal welcome . The famous Hirsch trial , and Voltaire's vanity and caprice , greatly lowered him in the esteem of the king , who ...
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... Voltaire on the one hand and Gottsched and Gellert on the other . He survived into the era of Kant , Goeth , and Schiller , but he was not of it , and it would have been unreasonable to expect that he should in old age pass beyond the ...
... Voltaire on the one hand and Gottsched and Gellert on the other . He survived into the era of Kant , Goeth , and Schiller , but he was not of it , and it would have been unreasonable to expect that he should in old age pass beyond the ...
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