The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... present at the 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 ...
... present at the 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 ...
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... present age , and whose actions will be no less regarded by posterity with wonder and admira- tion . Napoleon Buonaparte , who , from a station in life comparatively obscure , has raised himself to the sove- reignty of the empire of ...
... present age , and whose actions will be no less regarded by posterity with wonder and admira- tion . Napoleon Buonaparte , who , from a station in life comparatively obscure , has raised himself to the sove- reignty of the empire of ...
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... presents but few interest- ing details . His whole existence was a kind of con- secration to glory . Every thing conspired to that end . What may be imputed to vanity , to weakness , and to egotism in another , becomes interesting when ...
... presents but few interest- ing details . His whole existence was a kind of con- secration to glory . Every thing conspired to that end . What may be imputed to vanity , to weakness , and to egotism in another , becomes interesting when ...
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... presents few events relative to foreign affairs . The treaty with Artabanes , the Par- thian king , and the restitution made to Antiochus of the kingdom of Amaganes , are the most important . The enterprizes of Caligula in Germany , and ...
... presents few events relative to foreign affairs . The treaty with Artabanes , the Par- thian king , and the restitution made to Antiochus of the kingdom of Amaganes , are the most important . The enterprizes of Caligula in Germany , and ...
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... presents ; Rome proclaimed him emperor of the Ro- mans , and the Saracens paid him homage for his con- quests in Spain . Master of France , Italy , and Germany , and the arbi- ter of the rest of Europe , Charles occupied himself in the ...
... presents ; Rome proclaimed him emperor of the Ro- mans , and the Saracens paid him homage for his con- quests in Spain . Master of France , Italy , and Germany , and the arbi- ter of the rest of Europe , Charles occupied himself in the ...
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