CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. II.1872 |
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... appointed a provisional government . Prince Frederick , the son of the sovereign , who commanded his father's troops , was compelled to retreat from Brussels to Antwerp , having suffered considerable loss . On the 4th of October , B ...
... appointed a provisional government . Prince Frederick , the son of the sovereign , who commanded his father's troops , was compelled to retreat from Brussels to Antwerp , having suffered considerable loss . On the 4th of October , B ...
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... appointed to the command of the eastern army of the empire , stationed on the confines of Persia , where , in 530 A.D. , he gained a victory over a Persian army nearly twice as large as his own . The historian Procopius was at this time ...
... appointed to the command of the eastern army of the empire , stationed on the confines of Persia , where , in 530 A.D. , he gained a victory over a Persian army nearly twice as large as his own . The historian Procopius was at this time ...
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... appointed one of the surgeons of the Royal Infirmary . In 1806 , he proceeded to London , and for some years lectured with great success on anatomy and surgery at the academy in Great Windmill Street . Admitted in 1812 , a member of the ...
... appointed one of the surgeons of the Royal Infirmary . In 1806 , he proceeded to London , and for some years lectured with great success on anatomy and surgery at the academy in Great Windmill Street . Admitted in 1812 , a member of the ...
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... appointed physician to an embassy from Russia to Persia . In 1719 , he was sent upon another to China , through Siberia . In 1737 , he was sent on an embassy to Constantinople , and afterwards settled for some years in the Turkish ...
... appointed physician to an embassy from Russia to Persia . In 1719 , he was sent upon another to China , through Siberia . In 1737 , he was sent on an embassy to Constantinople , and afterwards settled for some years in the Turkish ...
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... appointed keeper of St Mark's Library . In 1539 , B. , who had only taken the minor ecclesiastical orders , was unex- pectedly presented with a cardinal's hat by Pope Paul III . , who afterwards appointed him to the dioceses of Gubbio ...
... appointed keeper of St Mark's Library . In 1539 , B. , who had only taken the minor ecclesiastical orders , was unex- pectedly presented with a cardinal's hat by Pope Paul III . , who afterwards appointed him to the dioceses of Gubbio ...
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