The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... antiquity . He was employed on it fifteen years . Al- though he left behind him , as we have stated , considerable property , the Queen Christina , upon learning the amount , exclaimed , " Had he attached himself to my service , I ...
... antiquity . He was employed on it fifteen years . Al- though he left behind him , as we have stated , considerable property , the Queen Christina , upon learning the amount , exclaimed , " Had he attached himself to my service , I ...
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... majestic swan , surrounded by the Nereļdes , tritons , and sea monsters , who frolic beside his vessel . " It is im- possible to give to navigation a more pleasing origin ; and had it been consecrated by the poets of antiquity ,
... majestic swan , surrounded by the Nereļdes , tritons , and sea monsters , who frolic beside his vessel . " It is im- possible to give to navigation a more pleasing origin ; and had it been consecrated by the poets of antiquity ,
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Or, Biographical Review. had it been consecrated by the poets of antiquity , the gallant Horace would not have cased his heart in triple steel who first ventured in a small bark to expose himself to the deep . But his reputation became ...
Or, Biographical Review. had it been consecrated by the poets of antiquity , the gallant Horace would not have cased his heart in triple steel who first ventured in a small bark to expose himself to the deep . But his reputation became ...
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... antiquity ? In contemplating the statue of De- mosthenes , we read in his countenance those clevated projects that generous inquietude which urged him to oppose the ambitious designs of Philip , that threatened the ruin of the liberties ...
... antiquity ? In contemplating the statue of De- mosthenes , we read in his countenance those clevated projects that generous inquietude which urged him to oppose the ambitious designs of Philip , that threatened the ruin of the liberties ...
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... antiquity , than in the casual delineation of old armour , or worn out tapestry ; he neither understood his- tory nor mythology , and never submitted to the study of perspective . Inimitable in his manner and colouring , he is perhaps ...
... antiquity , than in the casual delineation of old armour , or worn out tapestry ; he neither understood his- tory nor mythology , and never submitted to the study of perspective . Inimitable in his manner and colouring , he is perhaps ...
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