The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... original of those pointed similies and long - spun allegories which distinguish 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 ...
... original of those pointed similies and long - spun allegories which distinguish 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 ...
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... original . " On his return to Rome he hastened to execute an equestrian statue of Curtius in marble , which is now placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to Louis XIV . as a mark of his gratitude . Clement IX . proved no less a zealous ...
... original . " On his return to Rome he hastened to execute an equestrian statue of Curtius in marble , which is now placed at Versailles , and dedicated it to Louis XIV . as a mark of his gratitude . Clement IX . proved no less a zealous ...
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... original , I'ai su dans mes écrits - docte , enjoué , sublime , Rassembler en moi Perse , Horace et Juvenal . In his ninth Epistle , he has softened this eulogium ; but even in modifying it he says sufficient . Sais tu pour quoi mes ...
... original , I'ai su dans mes écrits - docte , enjoué , sublime , Rassembler en moi Perse , Horace et Juvenal . In his ninth Epistle , he has softened this eulogium ; but even in modifying it he says sufficient . Sais tu pour quoi mes ...
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... nearly as valuable as the original . His next performance was , his " Sejanus ; ” but it is remarked that his Tragedies are distinguished by ENGLAND . ] BEN JONSON . their artificial and inflated BEN JONSON . [ ENGLAND .
... nearly as valuable as the original . His next performance was , his " Sejanus ; ” but it is remarked that his Tragedies are distinguished by ENGLAND . ] BEN JONSON . their artificial and inflated BEN JONSON . [ ENGLAND .
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... original essay . The genuine wit of the dialogue , the inexhaustible address of the valet in repairing the blunders of his master , and the interest occasioned by this perpetual contrast , procured the piece considerable success ...
... original essay . The genuine wit of the dialogue , the inexhaustible address of the valet in repairing the blunders of his master , and the interest occasioned by this perpetual contrast , procured the piece considerable success ...
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