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... employ him in St. Peter's church at Rome ; and desired him to send some design by him to his holiness . Giotto , who was a pleasant ready man , took a sheet of white paper , and setting his arm close to his hip to keep it steady , he ...
... employ him in St. Peter's church at Rome ; and desired him to send some design by him to his holiness . Giotto , who was a pleasant ready man , took a sheet of white paper , and setting his arm close to his hip to keep it steady , he ...
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... employed to read public lectures at Ferrara upon physic and polite literature . In 1542 , the duke of Ferrara made him his secretary ; which office he held till the death of that prince in 1558. He was continued in it by his successor ...
... employed to read public lectures at Ferrara upon physic and polite literature . In 1542 , the duke of Ferrara made him his secretary ; which office he held till the death of that prince in 1558. He was continued in it by his successor ...
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... employed . Mr. Moore was his first patron , and with him he went a tour into Scotland . The prospects he saw in that country gave that wildness of imagery to the scenery of his draw- ings by which they are so pre - eminently ...
... employed . Mr. Moore was his first patron , and with him he went a tour into Scotland . The prospects he saw in that country gave that wildness of imagery to the scenery of his draw- ings by which they are so pre - eminently ...
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... the bu- siness of his profession with great repute in those times of public confusion . He was thus employed during the me 1 Rees's Cyclopædia , from Eloy's Dict . Hist . morable siege and surrender of that city to the rebels 20 GLAUBER .
... the bu- siness of his profession with great repute in those times of public confusion . He was thus employed during the me 1 Rees's Cyclopædia , from Eloy's Dict . Hist . morable siege and surrender of that city to the rebels 20 GLAUBER .
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... employed six years in the study of philosophy and theology , after which he was sent to Toul to instruct the young men of his order in these sciences . In the mean Ath . Ox . vol . II . - Dodd's Church History . - Granger . - Wilson's ...
... employed six years in the study of philosophy and theology , after which he was sent to Toul to instruct the young men of his order in these sciences . In the mean Ath . Ox . vol . II . - Dodd's Church History . - Granger . - Wilson's ...
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