The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... CELEBRATED MEN , IN EVERY AGE AND COUNTRY ; AND GRAPHIC IMITATIONS OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF THE ARTS ; Printed by T. Hood and Co. St. John's Square ,. ANCIENT AND MODERN . WITH REMARKS , CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY . Tamen utile quid sit ...
... CELEBRATED MEN , IN EVERY AGE AND COUNTRY ; AND GRAPHIC IMITATIONS OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF THE ARTS ; Printed by T. Hood and Co. St. John's Square ,. ANCIENT AND MODERN . WITH REMARKS , CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY . Tamen utile quid sit ...
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... celebrated battle of Marathon , and was entrusted after the victory with the care of the prisoners and of the booty , in which office he acquitted himself to the entire satisfaction of the army . The following year he was appointed ...
... celebrated battle of Marathon , and was entrusted after the victory with the care of the prisoners and of the booty , in which office he acquitted himself to the entire satisfaction of the army . The following year he was appointed ...
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... celebrated him in a fine ode . In short , Buffon lived honoured by his cotemporaries and by Europe . He was married in 1752 , and left an only son , who suffered under Robespierre , in 1798. On the scaffold he said to the people ...
... celebrated him in a fine ode . In short , Buffon lived honoured by his cotemporaries and by Europe . He was married in 1752 , and left an only son , who suffered under Robespierre , in 1798. On the scaffold he said to the people ...
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... celebrated Alcuin , whom he loaded with honours , and with tokens of the purest esteem . He was himself fond of study , to which he devoted the few hours which the administration of his vast empire permitted ; and the result of his con ...
... celebrated Alcuin , whom he loaded with honours , and with tokens of the purest esteem . He was himself fond of study , to which he devoted the few hours which the administration of his vast empire permitted ; and the result of his con ...
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... celebrated for his talents as a statesman and distinguished orator , than for his taste for the Belles Lettres , and his amiable per- sonal qualities . He manifested from his youth a desire of pleasing and of rendering himself ...
... celebrated for his talents as a statesman and distinguished orator , than for his taste for the Belles Lettres , and his amiable per- sonal qualities . He manifested from his youth a desire of pleasing and of rendering himself ...
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