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... John Augus- tine Capperonnier in 1803 , Barbou , Paris , in 4 vols , 12mo . CAPPERONNIER , ( John , ) nephew of the preceding , was born at Mont- Didier in 1716 , and educated at Amiens . He was made a member of the Academy of ...
... John Augus- tine Capperonnier in 1803 , Barbou , Paris , in 4 vols , 12mo . CAPPERONNIER , ( John , ) nephew of the preceding , was born at Mont- Didier in 1716 , and educated at Amiens . He was made a member of the Academy of ...
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... John in that of Correggio ; St. John the Evan- gelist in that of Titian ; while the St. Catherine resembles that of Parmi- giano . A Dead Christ in the lap of the Madonna is admirably composed , and has all the free dignity of the ...
... John in that of Correggio ; St. John the Evan- gelist in that of Titian ; while the St. Catherine resembles that of Parmi- giano . A Dead Christ in the lap of the Madonna is admirably composed , and has all the free dignity of the ...
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... John , he re- ceived a chain of gold , and was allowed two slaves as his attendants . But his fiery disposition would not suffer him to remain quiet ; he was involved in some quarrel with one of the knights , for which he was condemned ...
... John , he re- ceived a chain of gold , and was allowed two slaves as his attendants . But his fiery disposition would not suffer him to remain quiet ; he was involved in some quarrel with one of the knights , for which he was condemned ...
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... John the Baptist . The dates of his birth and death are not known . CARBURI , ( Marin , ) a native of Cepha- lonia , where he was born about the beginning of the eighteenth century . He is celebrated for his mechanical genius , of which ...
... John the Baptist . The dates of his birth and death are not known . CARBURI , ( Marin , ) a native of Cepha- lonia , where he was born about the beginning of the eighteenth century . He is celebrated for his mechanical genius , of which ...
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... ( John Hiskias , ) count palatine and alchemical physician , who flourished towards the close of the seven- teenth century . After having studied in Holland , he spent some time in the different cities of Lower Germany , and at last ...
... ( John Hiskias , ) count palatine and alchemical physician , who flourished towards the close of the seven- teenth century . After having studied in Holland , he spent some time in the different cities of Lower Germany , and at last ...
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Page 411 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it.
Page 384 - In 1670 the degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the university of Oxford, at the same time with the prince of Orange, afterwards William III.
Page 92 - May, 1700, and was buried in Westminster abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by John, duke of Buckingham.
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