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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... produced two celebrated 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 ...
... produced two celebrated 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 ...
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... produced in the history of ancient or modern Europe , in the person of Agis , of Lacedæmon , 300 years before the Christian æra . Having obtained the appointment of lord - deputy of Ireland , he crossed the sea , seized on all the towns ...
... produced in the history of ancient or modern Europe , in the person of Agis , of Lacedæmon , 300 years before the Christian æra . Having obtained the appointment of lord - deputy of Ireland , he crossed the sea , seized on all the towns ...
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... produced , it is surmised , that of Dr. Gall , which has excited so much attention in Ger- His Cabinet of Medals was reckoned one of the many . finest collections in Switzerland . Beside his Treatise on Physiognomy , Lavater composed a ...
... produced , it is surmised , that of Dr. Gall , which has excited so much attention in Ger- His Cabinet of Medals was reckoned one of the many . finest collections in Switzerland . Beside his Treatise on Physiognomy , Lavater composed a ...
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... produced a general alteration of man- ners . The spectators laughed at their former follies , and while they applauded the author , reformed themselves . Ménage , who assisted at its first representation , said to Chapelain , “ You and ...
... produced a general alteration of man- ners . The spectators laughed at their former follies , and while they applauded the author , reformed themselves . Ménage , who assisted at its first representation , said to Chapelain , “ You and ...
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... produced the Impromptu de Versailles , and the Princesse d'Elide , a spectacle composed on purpose to add splendour to the fête given by the king to the reign- ing queen , the queen dowager , and queen Henrietta of England , the widow ...
... produced the Impromptu de Versailles , and the Princesse d'Elide , a spectacle composed on purpose to add splendour to the fête given by the king to the reign- ing queen , the queen dowager , and queen Henrietta of England , the widow ...
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