The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... elegance of de- sign , and freedom of pencil , he has been rarely sur- passed . In the graceful airs of his heads , and the beau- tiful turn of his female forms , he is truly admirable , while the disposition of his objects in general ...
... elegance of de- sign , and freedom of pencil , he has been rarely sur- passed . In the graceful airs of his heads , and the beau- tiful turn of his female forms , he is truly admirable , while the disposition of his objects in general ...
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... elegance of her attitude , whilst that of Paris , stately , courteous , insipid , gives him more the air of an ambassador attending her by proxy , than that of a lover carrying her off himself . His male forms , in general , are indeed ...
... elegance of her attitude , whilst that of Paris , stately , courteous , insipid , gives him more the air of an ambassador attending her by proxy , than that of a lover carrying her off himself . His male forms , in general , are indeed ...
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... elegance of style peculiar to the former, excites a more lively sensation." The suffrage however of every man of taste, consoled Moliere for the indifference of the multitude. To regain their applause, he wrote the Medecin malgrelui, in ...
... elegance of style peculiar to the former, excites a more lively sensation." The suffrage however of every man of taste, consoled Moliere for the indifference of the multitude. To regain their applause, he wrote the Medecin malgrelui, in ...
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... elegance of its language . The improved talent of Moliére next displayed itself in l'Ecole des Femmes , represented the following year . Some neg- ligences in the style excited the censures of the critics , and they overlooked the ...
... elegance of its language . The improved talent of Moliére next displayed itself in l'Ecole des Femmes , represented the following year . Some neg- ligences in the style excited the censures of the critics , and they overlooked the ...
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... elegance of style peculiar to the former , excites a more lively sensation . " The suffrage however of every man of taste , consoled Molière for the indifference of the multitude . To regain their applause , he wrote the Médecin ...
... elegance of style peculiar to the former , excites a more lively sensation . " The suffrage however of every man of taste , consoled Molière for the indifference of the multitude . To regain their applause , he wrote the Médecin ...
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