The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... 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 of the age , and shewed ...
... 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 of the age , and shewed ...
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... highest dignities . He there erected a building , which was long distinguished by the name of Lord Bacon's lodgings ; and the Society , in veneration of the memory of its il- 1 lustrious member , has recently bestowed , on a.
... highest dignities . He there erected a building , which was long distinguished by the name of Lord Bacon's lodgings ; and the Society , in veneration of the memory of its il- 1 lustrious member , has recently bestowed , on a.
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... distinguished the group of Apollo and Daphne . He worked on marble with astonishing quickness . Gregory XV . created him a Knight of the Order of Christ , and Urban the VIII . confided to him the execu- tion of those works of every ...
... distinguished the group of Apollo and Daphne . He worked on marble with astonishing quickness . Gregory XV . created him a Knight of the Order of Christ , and Urban the VIII . confided to him the execu- tion of those works of every ...
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... distinguished himself by securing Cambridge , and taking prisoner , after a bold manœuvre , at St. Albans , the high sheriff of Hert- fordshire . For these services he was appointed a colonel in the army of the parliament ; and obtained ...
... distinguished himself by securing Cambridge , and taking prisoner , after a bold manœuvre , at St. Albans , the high sheriff of Hert- fordshire . For these services he was appointed a colonel in the army of the parliament ; and obtained ...
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... distinguished for modesty , innocence , and 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 ...
... distinguished for modesty , innocence , and 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 ...
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