Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 1John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... academy , faid to have been inftituted at Rome in the 15th cen tury , and compofed of the chief literati of that age , fuch as Pomponius Lætus , Platina , Ponra nus , Sabellicus , Sannazarius , & c . who , upon their admiflion , changed ...
... academy , faid to have been inftituted at Rome in the 15th cen tury , and compofed of the chief literati of that age , fuch as Pomponius Lætus , Platina , Ponra nus , Sabellicus , Sannazarius , & c . who , upon their admiflion , changed ...
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... academy , belonging to an academy . ACADEMIAN . n . f . [ from academy . ] A fcholar of an academy or university ; a member of an univerfity . Wood , in his Athena Oxonienfes , mentions a great feast made for the academians . ACADEMICAL ...
... academy , belonging to an academy . ACADEMIAN . n . f . [ from academy . ] A fcholar of an academy or university ; a member of an univerfity . Wood , in his Athena Oxonienfes , mentions a great feast made for the academians . ACADEMICAL ...
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... academy of Socrates and Plato , and the fceptical notions which were propagated by Arcefilas , Carneades , and the other difciples of the fucceeding acade- mies . * ACADEMIST . n . f . [ from academy . ] The member of an academy ...
... academy of Socrates and Plato , and the fceptical notions which were propagated by Arcefilas , Carneades , and the other difciples of the fucceeding acade- mies . * ACADEMIST . n . f . [ from academy . ] The member of an academy ...
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... ACADEMY OF MEDALS AND INSCRIP TIONS AT PARIS was fet on foot by M. Colbert , under the patronage of Lewis XIV . in 1663 , for the ftudy and explanation of ancient monuments , and perpetuating great and memorable events , ef- pecially ...
... ACADEMY OF MEDALS AND INSCRIP TIONS AT PARIS was fet on foot by M. Colbert , under the patronage of Lewis XIV . in 1663 , for the ftudy and explanation of ancient monuments , and perpetuating great and memorable events , ef- pecially ...
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... ACADEMY OF PAINTING holds a public affembly every day for two hours in the afternoon , to which the painters refort , either to defign or to paint , and where the sculptors model after a na- ked perfon . There are 12 profeffors , each ...
... ACADEMY OF PAINTING holds a public affembly every day for two hours in the afternoon , to which the painters refort , either to defign or to paint , and where the sculptors model after a na- ked perfon . There are 12 profeffors , each ...
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