The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men, in Every Age and Country; and Graphic Imitations of the Finest Specimens of the Arts; Ancient and Modern, with Remarks, Critical and Explanatory ....Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... at the Union Printing-Office, 1812 |
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... Character of Richard the Third Hogarth . ' St. John preaching in the Wilderness The Death of Phocion - Carlo Maratti .. Odevaere .. - St. Charles Borromeo curing the Sick of the Plague Van Oost .. Rebecca at the Well · - Poussin ...
... Character of Richard the Third Hogarth . ' St. John preaching in the Wilderness The Death of Phocion - Carlo Maratti .. Odevaere .. - St. Charles Borromeo curing the Sick of the Plague Van Oost .. Rebecca at the Well · - Poussin ...
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... character now engage our attention , England , at a distance of three centuries , produced two celebrated genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics ...
... character now engage our attention , England , at a distance of three centuries , produced two celebrated genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics ...
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... character , in other respects so perfect , had not been sullied by ambition and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place , in the Strand , on the 22d of January , 1560. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , Lord Keeper of the ...
... character , in other respects so perfect , had not been sullied by ambition and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place , in the Strand , on the 22d of January , 1560. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , Lord Keeper of the ...
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... character rather than humanity , gave the whole transaction the most favourable turn for Essex : and , in particular , pointed out , in elaborate expressions , the dutiful sub- ENGLAND . ] BACON . mission which that nobleman discovered ...
... character rather than humanity , gave the whole transaction the most favourable turn for Essex : and , in particular , pointed out , in elaborate expressions , the dutiful sub- ENGLAND . ] BACON . mission which that nobleman discovered ...
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... character of a man , by whose genius and writings it is so much ex- alted in the eye of Europe ; whose faults as a magistrate , are for ever lost in the brilliant and unperishing fame of the philosopher . He himself lived long enough to ...
... character of a man , by whose genius and writings it is so much ex- alted in the eye of Europe ; whose faults as a magistrate , are for ever lost in the brilliant and unperishing fame of the philosopher . He himself lived long enough to ...
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