General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 9Robinson, 1814 - 644 pages |
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... ; and numerous other pieces , the titles of which are not to be found in Mo- reri or the Nouv . Dict . Hist.-M. SAUSSURE , HORACE BENEDICT DE , an eminent natural philosopher 14 SAU SAU ( 42 ) sciences at Paris. Be the truth as it may...
... ; and numerous other pieces , the titles of which are not to be found in Mo- reri or the Nouv . Dict . Hist.-M. SAUSSURE , HORACE BENEDICT DE , an eminent natural philosopher 14 SAU SAU ( 42 ) sciences at Paris. Be the truth as it may...
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... philosopher , born at Geneva in 1740 , was the son of Nicholas de Saussure , a member of the council of two hundred , known by his works on agriculture . From his father and other distinguished naturalists and philosophers who adorned ...
... philosopher , born at Geneva in 1740 , was the son of Nicholas de Saussure , a member of the council of two hundred , known by his works on agriculture . From his father and other distinguished naturalists and philosophers who adorned ...
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... philosopher seems to have been captivated by a politeness of manner and elegance of conver- sation in Savage which were new to him , and atoned for his moral defects . He frequently accompanied him in his nocturnal rambles , and made ...
... philosopher seems to have been captivated by a politeness of manner and elegance of conver- sation in Savage which were new to him , and atoned for his moral defects . He frequently accompanied him in his nocturnal rambles , and made ...
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... - A . SAVONAŘOLA , GIROLAMO ( JEROM ) , a ce- lebrated monk , was born at Ferrara in 1452. He was the grandson of an eminent physician who H De Controversiis et Novitatibus Mathematicis . philosophers of his time SAV SAV ( 49 )
... - A . SAVONAŘOLA , GIROLAMO ( JEROM ) , a ce- lebrated monk , was born at Ferrara in 1452. He was the grandson of an eminent physician who H De Controversiis et Novitatibus Mathematicis . philosophers of his time SAV SAV ( 49 )
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... philosophers of his time . He was a member Exegesis Fundamentorum Gnomonicorum . of the academy of Ricovrati at Padua , and of Pantographice , sive Ars nova delineandi Res the Naturę Curiosorum , to the memoirs of quaslibet per ...
... philosophers of his time . He was a member Exegesis Fundamentorum Gnomonicorum . of the academy of Ricovrati at Padua , and of Pantographice , sive Ars nova delineandi Res the Naturę Curiosorum , to the memoirs of quaslibet per ...
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