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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... success , to procure him the office of Solicitor - General , and in order to comfort him under the disappointment , had conferred on him a present of land to the value of 18007. But when his munificent patron was summoned before the ...
... success , to procure him the office of Solicitor - General , and in order to comfort him under the disappointment , had conferred on him a present of land to the value of 18007. But when his munificent patron was summoned before the ...
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... 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 necessitous . He died at an advanced age , in the midst of his noble occupations . Pleading one day the cause ...
... 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 necessitous . He died at an advanced age , in the midst of his noble occupations . Pleading one day the cause ...
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... he 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.
... he 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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... success . He had even obtained a pro- fessor's chair , when his attainments , his merit , and his wisdom , procured him the offer of several ecclesiastical dignities . He was at first a monk at Cologne , afterwards at Rheims ; and was ...
... success . He had even obtained a pro- fessor's chair , when his attainments , his merit , and his wisdom , procured him the offer of several ecclesiastical dignities . He was at first a monk at Cologne , afterwards at Rheims ; and was ...
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... success and of his genius . Those who imagine they can trace , in every action of an extraordinary personage , some presage of his future grandeur , will find their experience contradicted , and their discernment of no avail in the ...
... success and of his genius . Those who imagine they can trace , in every action of an extraordinary personage , some presage of his future grandeur , will find their experience contradicted , and their discernment of no avail in the ...
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