Sentences with phrase «early eighteenth century»

The increase in the use of the words «fact» and «evidence» from the early eighteenth century coincided with the first significant and sustained increase in economic output per capita in human history.»

Last week I shared two such examples, including Scottish gambler John Law's four - year experiment with paper money in the early eighteenth century, which ruined France's economy and laid the groundwork for the French Revolution.

In the early eighteenth century, it was the custom at Harvard College for the president to deliver a lecture on Saturday morning on a theological topic.

A system of thought originating among British Congregationalists in the early eighteenth century, hyper «Calvinism promoted the doctrine of eternal justification.

The name comes from the Paris suburb of St. - Germain - en - Laye, where young peas, a rarity in the early eighteenth century, were sown in boxes for early - spring cultivation.

In the early eighteenth century it was Spanish traders en route to Los Angeles who wanted a way that would pass through the unexplored Valley known as the «Jornado de Muerta» or Journey of Death.

In 1860, Darwin took one name off the list: Benoît de Maillet, the eccentric Frenchman who had worked up a theory of animal - human kinship in Cairo in the early eighteenth century.

In the early eighteenth century sulphurous natural springs were discovered on the estate and a century later the owner built a spa bath house and hotel.

Typically, prices range from 18 GBP to 50 GBP per person per night - depending on the season.Built in the early eighteenth century, the B&B boasts three floors and eight rooms, of which six are en - suite.

Built in the early eighteenth century, the B&B boasts three floors and eight rooms, of which six are en - suite.

ANNANDALE - ON - HUDSON, NY, May 11, 2016 — Imponderable is an extensive research project, exhibition, film, and publication that investigates the personal collection of American artist Tony Oursler, a remarkable trove of more than 2,500 photographs, documents, publications, and unique objects, tracking a social, spiritual, and intellectual history of the paranormal dating back to the early eighteenth century.

Fifteen other works by Murillo, including prints, books, and drawings, accompany the two self - portraits, which have not been exhibited together since the early eighteenth century.

How do her exhibits work with Blake collection from the seventeenth and early eighteenth Century?

Adam turned to antiquity for motifs, whereas the motifs of the earlier eighteenth century were inspired by Renaissance and baroque design.

In the early eighteenth century Joseph Addison described the notion of the sublime as something that «fills the mind with...