The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... fortune , applied himself , from his earliest years , to the fine arts , to literature , and the study of wisdom . Devoted , by circum- stances , to a military life , his first exploit was the preservation of Pelopidas . From that ...
... fortune , applied himself , from his earliest years , to the fine arts , to literature , and the study of wisdom . Devoted , by circum- stances , to a military life , his first exploit was the preservation of Pelopidas . From that ...
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... fortune he was landed near Frejus , in Provence Notwithstanding this disgraceful proceeding , a pros- pect of the most brilliant description opened to his view . Upon his return to France , he found the torch of civil war was again ...
... fortune he was landed near Frejus , in Provence Notwithstanding this disgraceful proceeding , a pros- pect of the most brilliant description opened to his view . Upon his return to France , he found the torch of civil war was again ...
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... fortunes , he had the presumption to raise his horse , Incitatus , to the rank of consul . The reign of Caligula presents few events relative to foreign affairs . The treaty with Artabanes , the Par- thian king , and the restitution ...
... fortunes , he had the presumption to raise his horse , Incitatus , to the rank of consul . The reign of Caligula presents few events relative to foreign affairs . The treaty with Artabanes , the Par- thian king , and the restitution ...
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... fortune . The Margrave of Anspach then invited her into his do- minions , from whence she was afterwards dismissed . On her return to Paris she lived in obscurity , and died on the thirty - first of January 1803 , at the age of 84 ...
... fortune . The Margrave of Anspach then invited her into his do- minions , from whence she was afterwards dismissed . On her return to Paris she lived in obscurity , and died on the thirty - first of January 1803 , at the age of 84 ...
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... fortune , without any assist- ance , was adequate to the support of this admirable institution , and his anxiety for these children surpassed that of parental fondness . In the severe winter of 1788 , he denied himself wood and ...
... fortune , without any assist- ance , was adequate to the support of this admirable institution , and his anxiety for these children surpassed that of parental fondness . In the severe winter of 1788 , he denied himself wood and ...
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