The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... Mary Queen of Scots . Mary de Medicis . Montague , Lady M. W. Nelson . Orleans , Duke of . Parma , Duke of . Penn . Philip II . Pitt . Pontius , Paul . Richardson . Rollin . Vandervelde , Adrian . Saxe , Marshal . Schomberg .
... Mary Queen of Scots . Mary de Medicis . Montague , Lady M. W. Nelson . Orleans , Duke of . Parma , Duke of . Penn . Philip II . Pitt . Pontius , Paul . Richardson . Rollin . Vandervelde , Adrian . Saxe , Marshal . Schomberg .
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... Pitt's attempt to form a limited regency on the king's illness , in 1788 ; and above all , his ardour against the actors and defenders of the French revolution . On this latter subject he evinced peculiar sagacity at the outset , and ...
... Pitt's attempt to form a limited regency on the king's illness , in 1788 ; and above all , his ardour against the actors and defenders of the French revolution . On this latter subject he evinced peculiar sagacity at the outset , and ...
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... Pitt . This struggle between two such eminent men gave the greatest interest to all the debates during that period , and fixed the atten- tion of all parties . In truth , the war of which the independence of America was the object ; the ...
... Pitt . This struggle between two such eminent men gave the greatest interest to all the debates during that period , and fixed the atten- tion of all parties . In truth , the war of which the independence of America was the object ; the ...
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... Pitt succeeded to the seals in the room of Lord Holland , who was made pay- master of the forces , and in that station acquired an im- mense fortune . Then arose the spirit of rivalry between the two families , which the fathers ...
... Pitt succeeded to the seals in the room of Lord Holland , who was made pay- master of the forces , and in that station acquired an im- mense fortune . Then arose the spirit of rivalry between the two families , which the fathers ...
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... Pitt . His disgrace was attributed to the famous bill which he attempted to carry for the reformation of the government of India . His opinions too , which some years favoured the cause of the French revo- lution , considerably ...
... Pitt . His disgrace was attributed to the famous bill which he attempted to carry for the reformation of the government of India . His opinions too , which some years favoured the cause of the French revo- lution , considerably ...
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