The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... light and shade . The seduc- tive force of his pencil , the boldness of his design , and propriety of his attitude , drew after him a number of followers , who , for a time , forgot that the undignified character which he gave to his ...
... light and shade . The seduc- tive force of his pencil , the boldness of his design , and propriety of his attitude , drew after him a number of followers , who , for a time , forgot that the undignified character which he gave to his ...
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... lights in which Cromwell has been considered by historians . By some he has been drawn as a gloomy enthusiast , strongly ... light . In the early part of his career , it may be be- lieved that he was sincere in the opinions he maintained ...
... lights in which Cromwell has been considered by historians . By some he has been drawn as a gloomy enthusiast , strongly ... light . In the early part of his career , it may be be- lieved that he was sincere in the opinions he maintained ...
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... light on his mind and character . A man born at Minda , asked him what he thought of the city . " I would advise the inhabitants , " he replied , " to shut their gates , lest it should run away . Some one speaking to him of astro- nomy ...
... light on his mind and character . A man born at Minda , asked him what he thought of the city . " I would advise the inhabitants , " he replied , " to shut their gates , lest it should run away . Some one speaking to him of astro- nomy ...
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... light , his touch free , but delicate ; and although he laboured his pictures highly , he generally gave some bold strokes to his work to conceal the toil and time he had bestowed upon it.- " Of female beauty , " says the ingenious ...
... light , his touch free , but delicate ; and although he laboured his pictures highly , he generally gave some bold strokes to his work to conceal the toil and time he had bestowed upon it.- " Of female beauty , " says the ingenious ...
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... light and trivial ; it embraces every bearing of the vice or folly which he condemns , leaving nothing to be added or supplied . The perusal of his comedies may answer the place of experience , not from his exhibition of the fleeting ...
... light and trivial ; it embraces every bearing of the vice or folly which he condemns , leaving nothing to be added or supplied . The perusal of his comedies may answer the place of experience , not from his exhibition of the fleeting ...
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