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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... original of those pointed similies and long - spun allegories which distinguish the authors of that age . A life of this illustrious man has long been considered a desideratum in English literature ; that written by Mallet , is , in ...
... original of those pointed similies and long - spun allegories which distinguish the authors of that age . A life of this illustrious man has long been considered a desideratum in English literature ; that written by Mallet , is , in ...
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... original . ” On his return to Rome he hastened to execute an equestrian statue of Curtius in marble , which is now placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to Louis XIV . as a mark of his gratitude . Clement IX . proved no less a zealous ...
... original . ” On his return to Rome he hastened to execute an equestrian statue of Curtius in marble , which is now placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to Louis XIV . as a mark of his gratitude . Clement IX . proved no less a zealous ...
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... original , I'ai su dans mes écrits - docte , enjoué , sublime , Rassembler en moi Perse , Horace et Juvenal . In his ninth Epistle , he has softened this eulogium ; but even in modifying it he says sufficient . Sais tu pour quoi mes ...
... original , I'ai su dans mes écrits - docte , enjoué , sublime , Rassembler en moi Perse , Horace et Juvenal . In his ninth Epistle , he has softened this eulogium ; but even in modifying it he says sufficient . Sais tu pour quoi mes ...
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... original . His next performance was , his " Sejanus ; " but it is remarked that his Tragedies are distinguished by their artificial and inflated style , rather than by vigour of conception or pathetic details . ENGLAND . ] BEN JONSON ...
... original . His next performance was , his " Sejanus ; " but it is remarked that his Tragedies are distinguished by their artificial and inflated style , rather than by vigour of conception or pathetic details . ENGLAND . ] BEN JONSON ...
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... original essay . The genuine wit of the dialogue , the inexhaustible address of the valet in repairing the blunders of his master , and the interest occasioned by this perpetual contrast , procured the piece considerable success ...
... original essay . The genuine wit of the dialogue , the inexhaustible address of the valet in repairing the blunders of his master , and the interest occasioned by this perpetual contrast , procured the piece considerable success ...
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