The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... afterwards so eminently distinguished themselves . He is justly con- sidered , from the extent and variety of his talents , as one of the most extraordinary men that any nation ever pro- duced . He broke through the scholastic obscurity ...
... afterwards so eminently distinguished themselves . He is justly con- sidered , from the extent and variety of his talents , as one of the most extraordinary men that any nation ever pro- duced . He broke through the scholastic obscurity ...
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... afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . When only sixteen , he conceived a dislike for the Aristotelian doctrines , not from any disrespect to their venerable au- thor , but from the abuse of his philosophy , which had pervaded all the ...
... afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . When only sixteen , he conceived a dislike for the Aristotelian doctrines , not from any disrespect to their venerable au- thor , but from the abuse of his philosophy , which had pervaded all the ...
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... 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 common weaknesses of human nature ...
... 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 common weaknesses of human nature ...
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... afterwards at Rheims ; and was appointed chancellor of that church . Compelled to relinquish that appointment , through the tyranny of Archbishop Manasses , Bruno formed the re- solution to retire from the world , and to seclude him ...
... afterwards at Rheims ; and was appointed chancellor of that church . Compelled to relinquish that appointment , through the tyranny of Archbishop Manasses , Bruno formed the re- solution to retire from the world , and to seclude him ...
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... afterwards ample reason to repent this exercise of his prerogative . The year following , by his opposition to the draining of the fens in Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely , Cromwell gained so considerable an 1 interest in those parts ...
... afterwards ample reason to repent this exercise of his prerogative . The year following , by his opposition to the draining of the fens in Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely , Cromwell gained so considerable an 1 interest in those parts ...
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