The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... appointed Archon , and received the distinguished epithet of the Just . His integrity was a pretext for his destruction . Themistocles having represented that his virtues were only exhibited as a means of elevating him to the supreme ...
... appointed Archon , and received the distinguished epithet of the Just . His integrity was a pretext for his destruction . Themistocles having represented that his virtues were only exhibited as a means of elevating him to the supreme ...
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... Appointed a third time general with Cimon , Aristides so ably conciliated the heads of the Greeks , dissatisfied with Pausanias , king of Lacedæmon , that he persuaded them to give to the Athenians the government of Greece . On this ...
... Appointed a third time general with Cimon , Aristides so ably conciliated the heads of the Greeks , dissatisfied with Pausanias , king of Lacedæmon , that he persuaded them to give to the Athenians the government of Greece . On this ...
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... being in the possession of the English , he was appointed to the command of a brigade by the director Barras ; and the courage and ability he displayed during the siege and recapture of the city , confirmed the opinion which Buonaparte.
... being in the possession of the English , he was appointed to the command of a brigade by the director Barras ; and the courage and ability he displayed during the siege and recapture of the city , confirmed the opinion which Buonaparte.
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... he enriched with prefaces , in which is observable the lofty and dignified tone which characterises the style of his natural history . He was appointed in 1739 , superintendant of the Royal : Garden and Cabinets , which by his care were.
... he enriched with prefaces , in which is observable the lofty and dignified tone which characterises the style of his natural history . He was appointed in 1739 , superintendant of the Royal : Garden and Cabinets , which by his care were.
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... appointed a prebendary of Troyes . His relationship to Soanen , the bishop of Senez , whose opinion he espoused , caused him to be deprived of his functions ; but his zeal to do good soon found another channel to display itself . The ...
... appointed a prebendary of Troyes . His relationship to Soanen , the bishop of Senez , whose opinion he espoused , caused him to be deprived of his functions ; but his zeal to do good soon found another channel to display itself . The ...
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