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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... genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics , to the wonder and dismay of a barbarous age , which accused him of of sorcery , and compelled him to ...
... genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics , to the wonder and dismay of a barbarous age , which accused him of of sorcery , and compelled him to ...
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... genius and his writings , if he had been satisfied with these noble pursuits ; and if a 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 ...
... genius and his writings , if he had been satisfied with these noble pursuits ; and if a 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 ...
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... Buildings , 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.
... Buildings , 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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... genius could not shield him from the common weakness of human nature . The death of Elizabeth , and the accession of James , opened a more favourable scene for the ambition of Bacon . The new King , as prodigal of the royal favour as ...
... genius could not shield him from the common weakness of human nature . The death of Elizabeth , and the accession of James , opened a more favourable scene for the ambition of Bacon . The new King , as prodigal of the royal favour as ...
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... genius , yet unbroken , supported itself amidst involved circumstances , and under a continual depression of spirits , and shone out in literary and sci- entific productions , which have made his guilt and weak- nesses be forgotten or ...
... genius , yet unbroken , supported itself amidst involved circumstances , and under a continual depression of spirits , and shone out in literary and sci- entific productions , which have made his guilt and weak- nesses be forgotten or ...
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