The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... sent to Paris , where he received his education at the Ecole Militaire . During his studies he was particularized for singularity of deportment , for great application , and uncommon powers of mind . At the age of seventeen he obtained ...
... sent to Paris , where he received his education at the Ecole Militaire . During his studies he was particularized for singularity of deportment , for great application , and uncommon powers of mind . At the age of seventeen he obtained ...
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... sent to Egypt , at the head of a for- midable armament . The object of this expedition was the conquest of the country , and the consequent hope of destroying the power of Great Britain in India . On the 19th of May , 1798 , the fleet ...
... sent to Egypt , at the head of a for- midable armament . The object of this expedition was the conquest of the country , and the consequent hope of destroying the power of Great Britain in India . On the 19th of May , 1798 , the fleet ...
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... sent him to Ancers to take his degrees . Buffon there fought with an Englishman , whom he wounded , and returned to Paris . He after- wards made a journey to England , where he remained three months . At this period his travels and his ...
... sent him to Ancers to take his degrees . Buffon there fought with an Englishman , whom he wounded , and returned to Paris . He after- wards made a journey to England , where he remained three months . At this period his travels and his ...
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... sent according to the ad- dress , those which bore the name of Buffon . Buffon appears to have imitated nature , which pro- duces her secrets slowly and silently . He employed ten years in collecting facts , in combining them , and ...
... sent according to the ad- dress , those which bore the name of Buffon . Buffon appears to have imitated nature , which pro- duces her secrets slowly and silently . He employed ten years in collecting facts , in combining them , and ...
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... sent him from Berlin a service of China , decorated with swans , re- presented in all their attitudes ; of which the prince had given the designs . Louis XV . ennobled the estate of M. de Buffon . The Empress of Russia , Catherine II ...
... sent him from Berlin a service of China , decorated with swans , re- presented in all their attitudes ; of which the prince had given the designs . Louis XV . ennobled the estate of M. de Buffon . The Empress of Russia , Catherine II ...
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