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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... say , " Love your friends , as if they might one day become your enemies . " He cultivated oratory with success , and made the same use of his talents as of his fortune ; that is to say , by directing it to the assistance of the ...
... say , " Love your friends , as if they might one day become your enemies . " He cultivated oratory with success , and made the same use of his talents as of his fortune ; that is to say , by directing it to the assistance of the ...
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... say , " When there are men of such talents at home , it is unnecessary to seek elsewhere . " This anecdote has been related by the in- genius author of the Historical Essays on Paris , who asserts that Bernini , far from admiring the ...
... say , " When there are men of such talents at home , it is unnecessary to seek elsewhere . " This anecdote has been related by the in- genius author of the Historical Essays on Paris , who asserts that Bernini , far from admiring the ...
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... commenced his studies with success ; but exhibited no qualities that could indicate his future celebrity . " Colin , " his father used to say , " is a good lad , who is not over- Re- burthened with wit , and will speak no ill of 2.
... commenced his studies with success ; but exhibited no qualities that could indicate his future celebrity . " Colin , " his father used to say , " is a good lad , who is not over- Re- burthened with wit , and will speak no ill of 2.
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... say to him , " You are tender in prose and cruel in verse . " Boileau , from his entrance into the republic of ... says Vauvernargues , “ with a very superior genius , to avoid the bad examples of his cotemporaries , and to impose ...
... say to him , " You are tender in prose and cruel in verse . " Boileau , from his entrance into the republic of ... says Vauvernargues , “ with a very superior genius , to avoid the bad examples of his cotemporaries , and to impose ...
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... says sufficient . Sais tu pour quoi mes vers sont lus dans les provinces , Sont recherchés des peuple et reçus chez les princes ? Ce n'st pas que leurs sons agréables . nombreaux , Soient toujours à l'oreille egalement heureux , Qu'en ...
... says sufficient . Sais tu pour quoi mes vers sont lus dans les provinces , Sont recherchés des peuple et reçus chez les princes ? Ce n'st pas que leurs sons agréables . nombreaux , Soient toujours à l'oreille egalement heureux , Qu'en ...
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