The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 11Hugh Chisholm Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... took the place of Thucydides . The same principle was consistently applied in his university teaching . Even as professor of Greek he had given great prominence in his lectures to the study of the Scriptures ; but he found a much more ...
... took the place of Thucydides . The same principle was consistently applied in his university teaching . Even as professor of Greek he had given great prominence in his lectures to the study of the Scriptures ; but he found a much more ...
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... took a different view . Receiving absolutely no intelligence from the front during the 7th , he telegraphed orders to the I. and II . armies ( 10.25 P.M. ) to halt on the 8th , and impressed on Steinmetz the necessity of employing his ...
... took a different view . Receiving absolutely no intelligence from the front during the 7th , he telegraphed orders to the I. and II . armies ( 10.25 P.M. ) to halt on the 8th , and impressed on Steinmetz the necessity of employing his ...
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... took the right course in general or in particular cases , no one else would have taken any course whatever . " " On the approach of the enemy Paris hastened its preparations for defence to the utmost , while in the provinces , out of ...
... took the right course in general or in particular cases , no one else would have taken any course whatever . " " On the approach of the enemy Paris hastened its preparations for defence to the utmost , while in the provinces , out of ...
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... took up a long weak line of defence on the river Lisaine , almost within cannon shot of Belfort . The cumbrous French army moved up and attacked him there with 150,000 against 60,000 ( January 15-17 , 1871 ) . It was at last repulsed ...
... took up a long weak line of defence on the river Lisaine , almost within cannon shot of Belfort . The cumbrous French army moved up and attacked him there with 150,000 against 60,000 ( January 15-17 , 1871 ) . It was at last repulsed ...
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... took part in more famous factory at Meissen . In 1795 the factory was sold filibustering expeditions to Cuba , served in the Confederate army , to Peter von Reccum , who removed it to Grünstadt . and is best known as the author of " The ...
... took part in more famous factory at Meissen . In 1795 the factory was sold filibustering expeditions to Cuba , served in the Confederate army , to Peter von Reccum , who removed it to Grünstadt . and is best known as the author of " The ...
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