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  • It was this gap in Abbe's theory that in the 1930's led Zernike to re-investigate the refraction processes in the light that give rise to the image in a microscope.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1953 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • The Abbe is not satisfied with the coarse pleasantry of

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Monsieur L'Abbe is head of the Department of History and Geography, Laval University, President Canadian Historical Association; President-General Canadian Catholic Historical Association; Archivist Grand Seminaire de Quebec, in which capacity he is in charge of some of the most precious historical documents in Canada.

    Was The King Right 1949

  • I say used, for to make to enrage her husband, and to recall the Abbe my brother, did she not advise herself to consult

    The Newcomes 2006

  • My son is like the rest of his family; he cannot get rid of persons to whom he is accustomed, and as the Abbe has been his tutor, he has acquired a habit of suffering him to say anything he chooses.

    The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

  • The Abbe was a very good man, but made himself an enemy, who circulated the blackest calumnies against him.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • Pleasing, nay most fascinating in manner, the Abbe was a man to gain all hearts.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • My son is like the rest of his family; he cannot get rid of persons to whom he is accustomed, and as the Abbe has been his tutor, he has acquired a habit of suffering him to say anything he chooses.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • The Abbe was the Prior of Fontenay, whither Ninon frequently accompanied Madame the Duchess de Bouillon and the Chevalier d'Orleans.

    Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century Robinson, Charles Henry 1903

  • To complete me, there arrived a young organist from Valdoste, called the Abbe Palais, a good musician and an agreeable companion, who performed very well on the harpsichord; I got acquainted with him, and we soon became inseparable.

    The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896

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