The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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Or, Biographical Review. MADAME DE POMPADOUR . As this woman , who ought never , perhaps , to have quitted the obscurity in which she was born , has acted so considerable a part on the theatre of the world , and exer- cised such ...
Or, Biographical Review. MADAME DE POMPADOUR . As this woman , who ought never , perhaps , to have quitted the obscurity in which she was born , has acted so considerable a part on the theatre of the world , and exer- cised such ...
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... Madame d'Etioles herself appear- ed very early to have conceived the same ambitious design of captivating the heart of Louis XV . then unoccupied , since the death of Madame ... DE POMPADOUR . vernment MAD . DE POMPADOUR . [ FRANCE .
... Madame d'Etioles herself appear- ed very early to have conceived the same ambitious design of captivating the heart of Louis XV . then unoccupied , since the death of Madame ... DE POMPADOUR . vernment MAD . DE POMPADOUR . [ FRANCE .
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