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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... at other times he was considered the object of a particular worship . Among the received traditions on the birth of Love , Le Sueur has chosen that which offered a pleasing com- position , which he has delineated with as much dignity.
... at other times he was considered the object of a particular worship . Among the received traditions on the birth of Love , Le Sueur has chosen that which offered a pleasing com- position , which he has delineated with as much dignity.
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... As a lawyer , his reputation has not kept pace with his fame as a philosopher ; his genius , indeed , as in every thing else , enabled him to explore and comprehend the principles of law , considered as a science ; but.
... As a lawyer , his reputation has not kept pace with his fame as a philosopher ; his genius , indeed , as in every thing else , enabled him to explore and comprehend the principles of law , considered as a science ; but.
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... considered as a science ; but in the technical and practical part of it , he was surpassed by the more laborious efforts and humbler talents of Sir Edward Coke . He published several tracts upon the sub- ject , among which his Reading ...
... considered as a science ; but in the technical and practical part of it , he was surpassed by the more laborious efforts and humbler talents of Sir Edward Coke . He published several tracts upon the sub- ject , among which his Reading ...
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... considered as equally unjust and cruel . It appears that it had been usual for other Chancellors to take presents ; and it is asserted that Bacon , who followed the same dangerous practice , had still , in the Seat of Justice ...
... considered as equally unjust and cruel . It appears that it had been usual for other Chancellors to take presents ; and it is asserted that Bacon , who followed the same dangerous practice , had still , in the Seat of Justice ...
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... considered a desideratum in English literature ; that written by Mallet , is , in every respect , unworthy of him . The undertaking would , indeed , be of no ordinary nature ; he that would enter upon it must combine , with the ...
... considered a desideratum in English literature ; that written by Mallet , is , in every respect , unworthy of him . The undertaking would , indeed , be of no ordinary nature ; he that would enter upon it must combine , with the ...
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