The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... person , by whose assistance he afterwards subdued the liberties of his country . It is painful to recite these unworthy acts of a man so highly celebrated , but whose powerful and comprehensive genius could not shield him from the ...
... person , by whose assistance he afterwards subdued the liberties of his country . It is painful to recite these unworthy acts of a man so highly celebrated , but whose powerful and comprehensive genius could not shield him from the ...
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... persons from whom he had received the wages of ini- quity . Complaints grew the louder on that account , and his punishment was sought as much , perhaps , from the rage of unsuccessful suitors , as from any laudable principle of reform ...
... persons from whom he had received the wages of ini- quity . Complaints grew the louder on that account , and his punishment was sought as much , perhaps , from the rage of unsuccessful suitors , as from any laudable principle of reform ...
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... persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in peril . " He was a great admirer of poetry , and composed some verses con- taining the precepts of his morality , and rules ...
... persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in peril . " He was a great admirer of poetry , and composed some verses con- taining the precepts of his morality , and rules ...
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... person was ungraceful and plain ; his countenance rugged and mean ; his dress slovenly and negligent . His delivery was harsh and uncouth ; his manner awkward and embarrassed . So singularly does nature distribute her talents , that ...
... person was ungraceful and plain ; his countenance rugged and mean ; his dress slovenly and negligent . His delivery was harsh and uncouth ; his manner awkward and embarrassed . So singularly does nature distribute her talents , that ...
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... person of Agis , of Lacedæmon , 300 years before the Christian æra . Having obtained the appointment of lord- deputy of Ireland , he crossed the sea , seized on all the towns which yet adhered to the royal cause , and did not leave the ...
... person of Agis , of Lacedæmon , 300 years before the Christian æra . Having obtained the appointment of lord- deputy of Ireland , he crossed the sea , seized on all the towns which yet adhered to the royal cause , and did not leave the ...
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