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  • ...de, and his active mind found its only enjoyment in profound research. The languages of antiquity, the exact sciences, and the law, were the three studies which
    19 KB (3,245 words) - 09:27, 14 July 2023
  • ...l and moral philosophy and mathematics, is learning the french and spanish languages, and with me reads [[Hai tou Aischylou Trageodiai Seozomenai Hepta|Aeschylu
    4 KB (611 words) - 16:54, 10 March 2018
  • ...ral and moral philosophy, and mathematics, learning the french and spanish languages, and with me reading [[Hērodotou Halikarnasseōs Historia|Herodotus]], [[H
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  • ...] still attends me daily. i think him well advanced in the greek and latin languages. your directions for prosecution of his studies will be profitable to him a
    3 KB (496 words) - 16:52, 10 March 2018
  • ...''On Crimes and Punishments'' was rapidly translated into a host of other languages.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "Cesare Beccaria."</ref> As ...m.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists Beccaria's work in a choice of three languages (Italian, French, and English) and multiple editions. The Wolf Law Library
    6 KB (803 words) - 15:40, 4 October 2021
  • ...llege while continuing to study such topics as the classics and additional languages on his own to make up for the deficits in his education.<ref>Alastair J. Du
    6 KB (819 words) - 12:43, 27 October 2021
  • ...m Naturalem'' was published continually, translated into several different languages, and became a staple of university education.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
    8 KB (1,072 words) - 13:08, 27 October 2021
  • ...d October 3, 2013.</ref> It was immediately translated into other European languages, and for at least two centuries it remained the primary source of Scottish
    6 KB (816 words) - 13:51, 21 June 2023
  • ...book underwent 6 reprints in a 40 year period, was translated into 3 other languages, and is considered to be his most successful publication.<ref>Millburn, "Ma
    6 KB (882 words) - 10:32, 5 June 2023
  • ...eographer to His Majesty: the Whole Extracted from the Best Authors in All Languages'' (London: Society of Gentlemen, 1763), iii-xvi.</ref>
    5 KB (668 words) - 10:40, 4 October 2021
  • ...). <ref>John Considine, “Ancient Greek among the Eighteenthcentury [sic] Languages of Science: Linnaeus, Dillenius, and the Lexicographical Record,” ''Inter
    4 KB (535 words) - 16:26, 5 January 2024
  • ...ime. <ref>John Considine, "Ancient Greek among the Eighteenthcentury [sic] Languages of Science: Linnaeus, Dillenius, and the Lexicographical Record," ''Interna
    5 KB (586 words) - 13:47, 21 June 2023
  • 6 KB (886 words) - 09:06, 22 June 2023
  • ...or do we know the language of the proposed Wythe copy. Wythe read multiple languages including French and Italian. He may have read Spanish. The Brown Bibliogra
    6 KB (915 words) - 10:55, 16 June 2023
  • ...') in 1787.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The book chronicles the cultures, history, and languages of the areas Volney visited. ''Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte'' “made him
    5 KB (737 words) - 10:25, 12 October 2021
  • ...ek and may have been used as a teaching device for young students of those languages.
    4 KB (599 words) - 13:43, 29 October 2021
  • ...nguage was so immense that the history of prose in both Latin and European languages up to the nineteenth century was said to be either a reaction against or a
    7 KB (965 words) - 13:47, 21 June 2023
  • ...er expressed reservations about being skilled or knowledgeable enough with languages to be qualified to write this thesaurus, alluding to the criticism Elyot re
    7 KB (892 words) - 09:15, 26 September 2022
  • ...as at his mother's knee that he obtained his introduction to the classical languages. ...ned to his native county for a few years of independent study in classical languages and in law.<sup>1</sup> Though he lacked the guidance of a tutor, at "[[Che
    602 KB (95,840 words) - 17:13, 8 February 2024
  • ...ces interspersed, for he evidently takes much pleasure in writing in those languages. I should indeed be ungrateful if I did not acknowledge my indebtedness to
    15 KB (2,627 words) - 17:35, 5 February 2016

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