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... PARIS . THE MADONNA OF THE GARDEN . RAPHAEL . THE LOUVRE , PARIS . THE HOLY FAMILY . - VAN DYCK . THE PINACOTHEK , MUNICH . THE VIRGIN , THE CHILD , AND ST . JOHN . - BOTICELLI . THE LOUVRE , PARIS . appleton's new practical cyclopedia ...
... PARIS . THE MADONNA OF THE GARDEN . RAPHAEL . THE LOUVRE , PARIS . THE HOLY FAMILY . - VAN DYCK . THE PINACOTHEK , MUNICH . THE VIRGIN , THE CHILD , AND ST . JOHN . - BOTICELLI . THE LOUVRE , PARIS . appleton's new practical cyclopedia ...
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... Paris ; received a military education , and served in the later campaigns of the Seven Years ' War , but devoted all his leisure hours to the study of the Greek language and litera- ture , and published , 1774 , a translation of ...
... Paris ; received a military education , and served in the later campaigns of the Seven Years ' War , but devoted all his leisure hours to the study of the Greek language and litera- ture , and published , 1774 , a translation of ...
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... Paris ; was President of the National Assembly , 1789 ; emigrated , 1792 ; lived in England and the U. S .; returned to France , 1799 ; was much in public life under the Restoration as an advo- cate of liberal measures ; and died in Paris ...
... Paris ; was President of the National Assembly , 1789 ; emigrated , 1792 ; lived in England and the U. S .; returned to France , 1799 ; was much in public life under the Restoration as an advo- cate of liberal measures ; and died in Paris ...
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... Paris ; obtained a post in the observatory at Paris ; made im- portant discoveries in regard to magnetism ; comets , eclipses , meteors , and solar spots ; made improvements in astronomical clocks ; deter- mined the exact latitude of ...
... Paris ; obtained a post in the observatory at Paris ; made im- portant discoveries in regard to magnetism ; comets , eclipses , meteors , and solar spots ; made improvements in astronomical clocks ; deter- mined the exact latitude of ...
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... Paris ; awarded a first - class medal at the Salon of 1872 ; medal of honor , Salon of 1877 ; became an officer of the Legion of Honor , 1878 ; member of the Insti- " Excommunication of Robert the tute , 1891 . 39 Pious " and " Release ...
... Paris ; awarded a first - class medal at the Salon of 1872 ; medal of honor , Salon of 1877 ; became an officer of the Legion of Honor , 1878 ; member of the Insti- " Excommunication of Robert the tute , 1891 . 39 Pious " and " Release ...
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