The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties, 1: Illustrated by Anéedotes, in Two VolumesCharles Knight, 1834 - Self-culture |
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... Claude Lorraine ; Sal- vator Rosa ; Marmontel ; Hoche ; Lagrange ; Dr. John- son ; Dr. Parr ; Spagnoletto ; Le Jay ; Castell ; Davies ; Tytler ; William Davy . - In Exile and Imprisonment . Ovid ; Boethius ; Buchanan ; Tasso ; Smart ...
... Claude Lorraine ; Sal- vator Rosa ; Marmontel ; Hoche ; Lagrange ; Dr. John- son ; Dr. Parr ; Spagnoletto ; Le Jay ; Castell ; Davies ; Tytler ; William Davy . - In Exile and Imprisonment . Ovid ; Boethius ; Buchanan ; Tasso ; Smart ...
Page 211
... CLAUDE LORRAINE derived his taste for design from frequenting the workshop of his brother , who was a wood engraver . The elder CARAVAGGIO , Polidoro Caldara , was born of poor parents , at the town in the north of Italy from which he ...
... CLAUDE LORRAINE derived his taste for design from frequenting the workshop of his brother , who was a wood engraver . The elder CARAVAGGIO , Polidoro Caldara , was born of poor parents , at the town in the north of Italy from which he ...
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... Claude Lorraine ; Salvator Rosa ; Marmontel ; Hoche Lagrange ; Dr. Johnson ; Dr. Parr ; Spagnoletto ; Le Jay ; Castell Davies ; Tytler ; William Davy . — In exile and imprisonment , Ovid Boethius ; Buchanan ; Tasso ; Smart ; Maggi ; Le ...
... Claude Lorraine ; Salvator Rosa ; Marmontel ; Hoche Lagrange ; Dr. Johnson ; Dr. Parr ; Spagnoletto ; Le Jay ; Castell Davies ; Tytler ; William Davy . — In exile and imprisonment , Ovid Boethius ; Buchanan ; Tasso ; Smart ; Maggi ; Le ...
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... CLAUDE LORRAINE is said to have been originally apprenticed to a pastry - cook , and to have been , on his first appearance in Rome , so destitute of resources that he was obliged to accept of the meanest employ- ment connected with the ...
... CLAUDE LORRAINE is said to have been originally apprenticed to a pastry - cook , and to have been , on his first appearance in Rome , so destitute of resources that he was obliged to accept of the meanest employ- ment connected with the ...
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