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... ancient music , at their original institution in 1776 . The eldest will be long remembered as the composer of the popular air adapted to M. G. Lewis's celebrated ballad of Crazy Jane . ABRESCH ( FRED . LOUIS ) an able critic and Greek ...
... ancient music , at their original institution in 1776 . The eldest will be long remembered as the composer of the popular air adapted to M. G. Lewis's celebrated ballad of Crazy Jane . ABRESCH ( FRED . LOUIS ) an able critic and Greek ...
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... ancient manuscripts . His labours in that de- partment are exhibited to great advantage in the first work which he sent to the press , en- titled Diatribæ in Ausonium , Solinum , et Ovidium . " In 1538 , he printed at Augsburgh an ...
... ancient manuscripts . His labours in that de- partment are exhibited to great advantage in the first work which he sent to the press , en- titled Diatribæ in Ausonium , Solinum , et Ovidium . " In 1538 , he printed at Augsburgh an ...
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... of Ovid's Metamorphoses , and the admirable " Dialogues on the Useful- ness of Ancient Medals . " Two papers , cnti- tion to influence him in organizing a conspiracy , the C2 ADD ADD compatible with that species of entertainment. ...
... of Ovid's Metamorphoses , and the admirable " Dialogues on the Useful- ness of Ancient Medals . " Two papers , cnti- tion to influence him in organizing a conspiracy , the C2 ADD ADD compatible with that species of entertainment. ...
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... ancient freedom , and against others . He excommuni- cated the king of Sicily for ravaging the terri- tories of the Church ; and Frederic , king of the Romans , having entered Italy with a powerful army , Adrian met him near Sutrium ...
... ancient freedom , and against others . He excommuni- cated the king of Sicily for ravaging the terri- tories of the Church ; and Frederic , king of the Romans , having entered Italy with a powerful army , Adrian met him near Sutrium ...
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... ancients , that in the midst of prosperity misfortune is ever on the watch for a victim , he nobly expressed a hope ... ancient city of the Peloponnesus , and one of the oldest authors on the art of war . He is His 66 on ÆSCHINES , a ...
... ancients , that in the midst of prosperity misfortune is ever on the watch for a victim , he nobly expressed a hope ... ancient city of the Peloponnesus , and one of the oldest authors on the art of war . He is His 66 on ÆSCHINES , a ...
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