The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... possessed . Reinvested with command , he gave battle to the Lacedemonians a second time , under the walls of Mantinea . In this conflict , while endeavouring to secure the victory , he was struck with a lance , part of which remained in ...
... possessed . Reinvested with command , he gave battle to the Lacedemonians a second time , under the walls of Mantinea . In this conflict , while endeavouring to secure the victory , he was struck with a lance , part of which remained in ...
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... possessed himself of Verona , entered Pavia , and placed upon his brow the iron crown of the kings of Lombardy . Dazzled by his exploits , the people , and even princes , hastened to enrol themselves under the powerful protection of a ...
... possessed himself of Verona , entered Pavia , and placed upon his brow the iron crown of the kings of Lombardy . Dazzled by his exploits , the people , and even princes , hastened to enrol themselves under the powerful protection of a ...
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... possessed . On the death of Raphael , Caravaggio attached him- self to Mathurino of Florence , in conjunction with whom , he adorned Rome with many friezes and fa- çades ; these are unfortunately destroyed , or the few fragments that ...
... possessed . On the death of Raphael , Caravaggio attached him- self to Mathurino of Florence , in conjunction with whom , he adorned Rome with many friezes and fa- çades ; these are unfortunately destroyed , or the few fragments that ...
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... possessed , by nature , all the qua- lities necessary to an actor : a body well proportioned and full of grace , a voice clear and sonorous , and a most retentive memory : his figure was lively and ani- mated ; his mind developed itself ...
... possessed , by nature , all the qua- lities necessary to an actor : a body well proportioned and full of grace , a voice clear and sonorous , and a most retentive memory : his figure was lively and ani- mated ; his mind developed itself ...
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... possessed , the conduct he manifested at the battle of Ouessant , in 1778 , became a constant source of ridicule and dis- grace . The object of the raillery of the people and of the epigrams of the court , he regarded as the most ...
... possessed , the conduct he manifested at the battle of Ouessant , in 1778 , became a constant source of ridicule and dis- grace . The object of the raillery of the people and of the epigrams of the court , he regarded as the most ...
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