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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... frequent and undisguised . That this conduct did not proceed altogether from avarice , may be credited , as he is not supposed to have died rich . Profusion of ex- pence , indulgence to his officers and servants , who ex- torted money ...
... frequent and undisguised . That this conduct did not proceed altogether from avarice , may be credited , as he is not supposed to have died rich . Profusion of ex- pence , indulgence to his officers and servants , who ex- torted money ...
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... under the charm of a versification ever flowing and elegant ; while the labour is frequently apparent in Boileau , particularly in his latter works . ST BRUNO . Ph.Champagne pine ! Gavek scuip ! ST BOILEAU DESPREAUX . [ FRANCE .
... under the charm of a versification ever flowing and elegant ; while the labour is frequently apparent in Boileau , particularly in his latter works . ST BRUNO . Ph.Champagne pine ! Gavek scuip ! ST BOILEAU DESPREAUX . [ FRANCE .
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... frequent profanation of the Scriptures in his plays . He died on the 16th of August , 1637 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey , where the singular simplicity and more than laconic brevity of his epitaph , are well known . He had many ...
... frequent profanation of the Scriptures in his plays . He died on the 16th of August , 1637 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey , where the singular simplicity and more than laconic brevity of his epitaph , are well known . He had many ...
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... frequently used . Do not painters act up to the idea ? If they are to represent a Cain , a Nero , or a Caligula , do they not depicture the characters of those monsters by ferocity of aspect ? SWITZERLAND . ] LAVATER . Lavater , to ...
... frequently used . Do not painters act up to the idea ? If they are to represent a Cain , a Nero , or a Caligula , do they not depicture the characters of those monsters by ferocity of aspect ? SWITZERLAND . ] LAVATER . Lavater , to ...
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... frequently distinguished himself , and devoted all his attention to the education of his son , from whose happy disposition he formed the most flattering expectations . At an age when the mind is willing to embrace every science , but ...
... frequently distinguished himself , and devoted all his attention to the education of his son , from whose happy disposition he formed the most flattering expectations . At an age when the mind is willing to embrace every science , but ...
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