The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... at other times he was considered the object of a particular worship . Among the received traditions on the birth of Love , Le Sueur has chosen that which offered a pleasing com- position , which he has delineated with as much dignity.
... at other times he was considered the object of a particular worship . Among the received traditions on the birth of Love , Le Sueur has chosen that which offered a pleasing com- position , which he has delineated with as much dignity.
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... considered as a science ; but in the technical and practical part of it , he was surpassed by the more laborious efforts and humbler talents of Sir Ed- ward Coke . He published several tracts upon the sub- ject , among which his Reading ...
... considered as a science ; but in the technical and practical part of it , he was surpassed by the more laborious efforts and humbler talents of Sir Ed- ward Coke . He published several tracts upon the sub- ject , among which his Reading ...
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... considered as equally unjust and cruel . It appears that it had been usual for other Chancellors to take presents ; and it is asserted that Bacon , who followed the same dangerous practice , had still , in the Seat of Justice ...
... considered as equally unjust and cruel . It appears that it had been usual for other Chancellors to take presents ; and it is asserted that Bacon , who followed the same dangerous practice , had still , in the Seat of Justice ...
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... the authors of that age . A life of this illustrious man has long been considered a desideratum in English lite- rature ; that written by Mallet , is , in every respect , un- worthy of him . The undertaking would , indeed , 67.
... the authors of that age . A life of this illustrious man has long been considered a desideratum in English lite- rature ; that written by Mallet , is , in every respect , un- worthy of him . The undertaking would , indeed , 67.
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... considered as the reformer and legislator of the French Parnassus : whose verses rendered familiar to every capacity the laws which reason and the most enlightened ages have avowed . He fixed , in a great measure , the language of his ...
... considered as the reformer and legislator of the French Parnassus : whose verses rendered familiar to every capacity the laws which reason and the most enlightened ages have avowed . He fixed , in a great measure , the language of his ...
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