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... published by Sorenson Wedel , the translator of Saxo Gram- maticus , in 1591 , at the instance of the queen Sophia . Its success was so great that it quickly passed through several editions , and in 1695 Peter Syv added a second hundred ...
... published by Sorenson Wedel , the translator of Saxo Gram- maticus , in 1591 , at the instance of the queen Sophia . Its success was so great that it quickly passed through several editions , and in 1695 Peter Syv added a second hundred ...
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... published some poems which were highly creditable both to her talent and her feeling . About the same time appeared three volumes of comedies and other dramatic pieces by the elder Heiberg , some of the best original productions that ...
... published some poems which were highly creditable both to her talent and her feeling . About the same time appeared three volumes of comedies and other dramatic pieces by the elder Heiberg , some of the best original productions that ...
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... published in 1572. After the publication of that work , approaches to a square form ; the head is large , broad , and Scapula appears to have left his employer , for in 1579 he flattish , and has numerous notches in front ; the fore ...
... published in 1572. After the publication of that work , approaches to a square form ; the head is large , broad , and Scapula appears to have left his employer , for in 1579 he flattish , and has numerous notches in front ; the fore ...
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... published a valuable treatise on the diseases of the eye ; and in 1804 his observations on the cure of aneurism appeared , to which a question proposed some years pre- viously by the Parisian Academy of Medicine had given oc- casion ...
... published a valuable treatise on the diseases of the eye ; and in 1804 his observations on the cure of aneurism appeared , to which a question proposed some years pre- viously by the Parisian Academy of Medicine had given oc- casion ...
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... published an essay on arsenic and its acid ; and a few years afterwards he made known the preparation of arsenite of copper , since largely employed as a pigment under the name of Scheele's or mineral green . In subsequent years he ...
... published an essay on arsenic and its acid ; and a few years afterwards he made known the preparation of arsenite of copper , since largely employed as a pigment under the name of Scheele's or mineral green . In subsequent years he ...
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