The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Daughter of Heaven ! that slow - ascending still , Investigating sure the chain of things With radiant finger points to Heaven again . THESE elegant lines of Thomson afford a short but . comprehensive idea of the illustrious man whose ...
... Daughter of Heaven ! that slow - ascending still , Investigating sure the chain of things With radiant finger points to Heaven again . THESE elegant lines of Thomson afford a short but . comprehensive idea of the illustrious man whose ...
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... daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke , a lady eminent for her skill in the Greek and Latin languages . Under such illustrious guides , his na- tural talent could not fail of being improved by all the advantages which parental fondness and a ...
... daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke , a lady eminent for her skill in the Greek and Latin languages . Under such illustrious guides , his na- tural talent could not fail of being improved by all the advantages which parental fondness and a ...
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... daughters of Benedict Barnham , Esq . and Alderman of London ; but by her he had no issue . Such were the principal features of the public and pri- vate life of Bacon . On his merit , as a philosopher , we presume not to enlarge ; the ...
... daughters of Benedict Barnham , Esq . and Alderman of London ; but by her he had no issue . Such were the principal features of the public and pri- vate life of Bacon . On his merit , as a philosopher , we presume not to enlarge ; the ...
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... daughter of Sir Richard Steward , Knt . He was born in the parish of St. John , Huntingdon , April 24 , 1599 , and on the 23d of April , 1616 , was admitted of Sidney College , Cambridge , under the tuition of Mr. Richard Howlett , who ...
... daughter of Sir Richard Steward , Knt . He was born in the parish of St. John , Huntingdon , April 24 , 1599 , and on the 23d of April , 1616 , was admitted of Sidney College , Cambridge , under the tuition of Mr. Richard Howlett , who ...
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... beauty , " says the ingenious Fuseli , " the antique , the Venus de Medici , but more the Daughter of Niobe , became his standard ; and often with a monotony , ITALY . ] GUIDO RENI . to incur the charge GUIDO RENI . [ ITALY .
... beauty , " says the ingenious Fuseli , " the antique , the Venus de Medici , but more the Daughter of Niobe , became his standard ; and often with a monotony , ITALY . ] GUIDO RENI . to incur the charge GUIDO RENI . [ ITALY .
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