The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... CELEBRATED MEN , IN EVERY AGE AND COUNTRY ; AND GRAPHIC IMITATIONS OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF THE ARTS ; ANCIENT AND MODERN . WITH REMARKS , CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY . Tamen utile quid sit Prospiciunt aliquando . Juv . Sat. 6 , lin ...
... CELEBRATED MEN , IN EVERY AGE AND COUNTRY ; AND GRAPHIC IMITATIONS OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF THE ARTS ; ANCIENT AND MODERN . WITH REMARKS , CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY . Tamen utile quid sit Prospiciunt aliquando . Juv . Sat. 6 , lin ...
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... celebrated genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics , to the wonder and dismay of a barbarous age , which accused him of sorcery , and compelled ...
... celebrated genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics , to the wonder and dismay of a barbarous age , which accused him of sorcery , and compelled ...
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... 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 . The death of Elizabeth , and the accession of James.
... 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 . The death of Elizabeth , and the accession of James.
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... rin , if he would settle in France . He erected , by order of Innocent X. the superb fountain in the Piazza Navora ; and , by command of Alexander VII . the celebrated colonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the end.
... rin , if he would settle in France . He erected , by order of Innocent X. the superb fountain in the Piazza Navora ; and , by command of Alexander VII . the celebrated colonnade of St. Peter , the pulpit placed at the end.
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... celebrated artist , making him a present of his portrait encircled with diamonds . Bernini , at this moment , displayed at Versailles all the address of a cour- tier . While drawing the portrait of Louis XIV . he placed a lock of hair ...
... celebrated artist , making him a present of his portrait encircled with diamonds . Bernini , at this moment , displayed at Versailles all the address of a cour- tier . While drawing the portrait of Louis XIV . he placed a lock of hair ...
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