The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Beauty , he has had temples and altars devoted to him in several countries of Greece . Sometimes he divided with Venus the homage of mortals , at other times he was considered the object of a particular worship . Among the received ...
... Beauty , he has had temples and altars devoted to him in several countries of Greece . Sometimes he divided with Venus the homage of mortals , at other times he was considered the object of a particular worship . Among the received ...
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... beauty . A female with wings , undoubtedly one of the Hours , scatters flowers upon the infant . The delightful scene passes in the midst of the heavens , and under a serene sky . This picture was painted , as well as others that embel ...
... beauty . A female with wings , undoubtedly one of the Hours , scatters flowers upon the infant . The delightful scene passes in the midst of the heavens , and under a serene sky . This picture was painted , as well as others that embel ...
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... beauty . Nothing can equal the sprightliness and the delicacy of his Idyllia . This species of poetry he car- ried to the highest pitch of perfection . More varied than Theocritus , more interesting than Sannazarius , Gessner gave to ...
... beauty . Nothing can equal the sprightliness and the delicacy of his Idyllia . This species of poetry he car- ried to the highest pitch of perfection . More varied than Theocritus , more interesting than Sannazarius , Gessner gave to ...
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... beauty , wit , and talents formed the happiness of his life . The disposition of Gessner was naturally melancholic ; but in the bosom of his family , he became chearful and serene . His conversa- tion was lively and animated ; and his ...
... beauty , wit , and talents formed the happiness of his life . The disposition of Gessner was naturally melancholic ; but in the bosom of his family , he became chearful and serene . His conversa- tion was lively and animated ; and his ...
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... beauty , which did not so much proceed from a regularity of features as from a lovely air which he gave to the mouth , with a peculiar modesty which he had the art to place in the eye . His draperies are disposed with considerable ...
... beauty , which did not so much proceed from a regularity of features as from a lovely air which he gave to the mouth , with a peculiar modesty which he had the art to place in the eye . His draperies are disposed with considerable ...
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