The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... lively interest in the beholder , and has engaged the attention of travellers of every age and country , is thus described by the poet Gray , in a letter to his mother , in whom it inspired more than common concern . " It is a fortnight ...
... lively interest in the beholder , and has engaged the attention of travellers of every age and country , is thus described by the poet Gray , in a letter to his mother , in whom it inspired more than common concern . " It is a fortnight ...
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... lively and tender passion inspires , braving the billows on a majestic swan , surrounded by the Nereïdes , tritons , and sea monsters , who frolic beside his vessel . " It is im- possible to give to navigation a more pleasing origin ...
... lively and tender passion inspires , braving the billows on a majestic swan , surrounded by the Nereïdes , tritons , and sea monsters , who frolic beside his vessel . " It is im- possible to give to navigation a more pleasing origin ...
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... lively and animated ; and his manner courteous , notwithstanding the multitude of strangers who obtruded themselves in order to know and to admire him . He died at Zurich , of a paralytic affection , on the 2d of March , 1788 , at the ...
... lively and animated ; and his manner courteous , notwithstanding the multitude of strangers who obtruded themselves in order to know and to admire him . He died at Zurich , of a paralytic affection , on the 2d of March , 1788 , at the ...
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... lively taste for literature . In his first successes he was indebted to the celebrated Father Porée an excellent master , who perfectly understood the art of discovering the genius and character of his pupils , and the mode of ...
... lively taste for literature . In his first successes he was indebted to the celebrated Father Porée an excellent master , who perfectly understood the art of discovering the genius and character of his pupils , and the mode of ...
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... lively woman , betrayed every one's secret . The Journals de- cried it , the Sorbonne launched its censures , the Inquisi- tion of Rome , at the solicitation of the French clergy , condemned it , the parliament indicted it , and the ...
... lively woman , betrayed every one's secret . The Journals de- cried it , the Sorbonne launched its censures , the Inquisi- tion of Rome , at the solicitation of the French clergy , condemned it , the parliament indicted it , and the ...
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