The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Том 10George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1861 |
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... devoted to scientific and industrial pursuits , but his pop- ular personal qualities created for him a reputa- tion ... devote himself to the managemeut of affairs at Frankfort , but although showing much disposition to accept the respon ...
... devoted to scientific and industrial pursuits , but his pop- ular personal qualities created for him a reputa- tion ... devote himself to the managemeut of affairs at Frankfort , but although showing much disposition to accept the respon ...
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... devoted nearly all his leisure , and which may be defined as an attempt to ascertain the nature of human knowledge as it exists apart from the words in which it is expressed . Pre- vious speculation on this problem , he affirms , had ...
... devoted nearly all his leisure , and which may be defined as an attempt to ascertain the nature of human knowledge as it exists apart from the words in which it is expressed . Pre- vious speculation on this problem , he affirms , had ...
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... devoted to his education were at night after he was through his daily labor upon the shop board . He now applied ... devote to them was in the dead of night . The first office which he ever held was that of alderman of the village , to ...
... devoted to his education were at night after he was through his daily labor upon the shop board . He now applied ... devote to them was in the dead of night . The first office which he ever held was that of alderman of the village , to ...
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... devoted himself to astronomical observations , and mainly by his exertions an observatory was erected on the island . Working in this with great assiduity he produced in 1835 a " Cata- logue of 606 principal Fixed Stars of the South ...
... devoted himself to astronomical observations , and mainly by his exertions an observatory was erected on the island . Working in this with great assiduity he produced in 1835 a " Cata- logue of 606 principal Fixed Stars of the South ...
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... devoted a large share of each afternoon , meanwhile regaling himself with his favorite tea , with which he solaced both his earlier and his later hours . Among his personal associates , and those who sought him at this period of his ...
... devoted a large share of each afternoon , meanwhile regaling himself with his favorite tea , with which he solaced both his earlier and his later hours . Among his personal associates , and those who sought him at this period of his ...
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