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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... give law both to king and parliament . " " This discourse , " con- tinued Manchester , " made the greater impression on me , because I knew the lieutenant - general to be a man of very deep designs ; and he has even ventured to tell me ...
... give law both to king and parliament . " " This discourse , " con- tinued Manchester , " made the greater impression on me , because I knew the lieutenant - general to be a man of very deep designs ; and he has even ventured to tell me ...
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... give you any advice on this im- portant occasion . Even I myself , " added he , " when I was lately offering up petitions for his majesty's restora- tion , felt my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth , and considered this ...
... give you any advice on this im- portant occasion . Even I myself , " added he , " when I was lately offering up petitions for his majesty's restora- tion , felt my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth , and considered this ...
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... tendered to him . But the grandeur which he had attained with so much guilt and courage , could not ensure him that tranquillity which virtue alone and moderation can give . ENGLAND . ] CROMWELL . His constant dread of assassination.
... tendered to him . But the grandeur which he had attained with so much guilt and courage , could not ensure him that tranquillity which virtue alone and moderation can give . ENGLAND . ] CROMWELL . His constant dread of assassination.
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... give a chronological list of his actions . We need there- fore only add , that his moral character was perhaps not so exceptionable as it has been generally represented . On the contrary , it is truly surprising that he should unite so ...
... give a chronological list of his actions . We need there- fore only add , that his moral character was perhaps not so exceptionable as it has been generally represented . On the contrary , it is truly surprising that he should unite so ...
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... man , animated by the valour which a lively and tender passion inspires , braving the billows on a majestic swan , surrounded by the Nereïdes , tritons , and sea monsters , who frolic beside his vessel . " It is impossible to give to.
... man , animated by the valour which a lively and tender passion inspires , braving the billows on a majestic swan , surrounded by the Nereïdes , tritons , and sea monsters , who frolic beside his vessel . " It is impossible to give to.
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