The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... less usefully employed in breaking the fetters of false philosophy , and conducting the lovers of truth to the proper method of cultivating the whole circle of the sciences . Happy for himself and for the nation whom he thus adorned by ...
... less usefully employed in breaking the fetters of false philosophy , and conducting the lovers of truth to the proper method of cultivating the whole circle of the sciences . Happy for himself and for the nation whom he thus adorned by ...
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... less exousable . He was not strictly a crown lawyer , and consequently not obliged to assist at the trial ; yet he did not scruple , in order to obtain the Queen's favour , to be active in be- reaving of life his friend and patron ...
... less exousable . He was not strictly a crown lawyer , and consequently not obliged to assist at the trial ; yet he did not scruple , in order to obtain the Queen's favour , to be active in be- reaving of life his friend and patron ...
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... and affairs which require much less capacity , but greater firmness of mind , had exposed himself to the loss of character , to reproach , and calamity . ENGLAND . ] BACON . He happily escaped the plague BACON . [ ENGLAND .
... and affairs which require much less capacity , but greater firmness of mind , had exposed himself to the loss of character , to reproach , and calamity . ENGLAND . ] BACON . He happily escaped the plague BACON . [ ENGLAND .
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... less a zealous protector of Bernini than his predecessors , and employed him to decorate the bridge of St. Angelo . His last work was a demi - colossal figure of Christ , which he bequeathed to the Queen Christina of Sweden . He died in ...
... less a zealous protector of Bernini than his predecessors , and employed him to decorate the bridge of St. Angelo . His last work was a demi - colossal figure of Christ , which he bequeathed to the Queen Christina of Sweden . He died in ...
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Or, Biographical Review. prince is no less ably pourtrayed than are the features of his face , will be for ever admired . The equestrian statue of Marcus Curtius may be compared with the finest works of antiquity . He was employed on it ...
Or, Biographical Review. prince is no less ably pourtrayed than are the features of his face , will be for ever admired . The equestrian statue of Marcus Curtius may be compared with the finest works of antiquity . He was employed on it ...
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