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 6G. G. and J. Robinson, 1807 |
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... emperor Rodolph with every necessary requi- site for the prosecution of his astronomical studies , and was very desirous of having Kepler for an assistant . The repeated letters which Tycho wrote on this subject , and his promise to ...
... emperor Rodolph with every necessary requi- site for the prosecution of his astronomical studies , and was very desirous of having Kepler for an assistant . The repeated letters which Tycho wrote on this subject , and his promise to ...
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... emperor Rodolph , who gave him a very favourable reception , and appointed him his mathematician ; but he en- gaged him at the same time to continue his assistance to Tycho as an arithmetician . This title , of mathematician to his ...
... emperor Rodolph , who gave him a very favourable reception , and appointed him his mathematician ; but he en- gaged him at the same time to continue his assistance to Tycho as an arithmetician . This title , of mathematician to his ...
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... emperor of Germany was as great an enemy to Christ as Nero ; " taking advantage of this , and some other unguarded expressions in the same book , they accused him to the senate , of treason against the emperor , as also against their ...
... emperor of Germany was as great an enemy to Christ as Nero ; " taking advantage of this , and some other unguarded expressions in the same book , they accused him to the senate , of treason against the emperor , as also against their ...
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... emperor Dioclesian entertained the design of rendering Nicomedia a rival to Rome , he was sent for by him to teach rhetoric in that city . As , however , he had not many scholars there , it being inhabited chiefly by Greeks , who had no ...
... emperor Dioclesian entertained the design of rendering Nicomedia a rival to Rome , he was sent for by him to teach rhetoric in that city . As , however , he had not many scholars there , it being inhabited chiefly by Greeks , who had no ...
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... emperor Rodolph , he defeated the Bohe . mian king Othogar , who lost his life in the action . Returning victorious to his country , he gave himself up to voluptuousness , and re- pudiated his lawful wife , in order to indulge in ...
... emperor Rodolph , he defeated the Bohe . mian king Othogar , who lost his life in the action . Returning victorious to his country , he gave himself up to voluptuousness , and re- pudiated his lawful wife , in order to indulge in ...
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