The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... effects . He said , " Omnia mea mecum porto . " It was this philosopher who , being at sea in a storm with some impious persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in ...
... effects . He said , " Omnia mea mecum porto . " It was this philosopher who , being at sea in a storm with some impious persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in ...
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... effect : adding , that he had been pro- mised an annuity of 3000 livres , if he would remain at Paris , which he refused , and that on the eve of his de- parture this sum was brought to him with an offer of a ension of 12,000 , which he ...
... effect : adding , that he had been pro- mised an annuity of 3000 livres , if he would remain at Paris , which he refused , and that on the eve of his de- parture this sum was brought to him with an offer of a ension of 12,000 , which he ...
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... effect was carried on between the king and him . The garter , the earldom of Essex , and the command of the army , were to be rewards of his returning loyalty . The king , who had no suspicion that one , born a private gen- tleman ...
... effect was carried on between the king and him . The garter , the earldom of Essex , and the command of the army , were to be rewards of his returning loyalty . The king , who had no suspicion that one , born a private gen- tleman ...
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... effect , in delicacy of idea , in elegance of de- sign , and freedom of pencil , he has been rarely sur- passed . In the graceful airs of his heads , and the beau- tiful turn of his female forms , he is truly admirable , while the ...
... effect , in delicacy of idea , in elegance of de- sign , and freedom of pencil , he has been rarely sur- passed . In the graceful airs of his heads , and the beau- tiful turn of his female forms , he is truly admirable , while the ...
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... effect . Ma- dame Roland , whose Memoirs appertain to the History of the Revolution in France , and its consequences , the most astonishing upon record , has made us acquainted with the moral character of this philosophical observer ...
... effect . Ma- dame Roland , whose Memoirs appertain to the History of the Revolution in France , and its consequences , the most astonishing upon record , has made us acquainted with the moral character of this philosophical observer ...
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