The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... extraordinary men that any nation ever pro- duced . He broke through the scholastic obscurity of the age , and shewed mankind the necessity of thinking for themselves , in order to become truly learned . He began with taking a view of ...
... extraordinary men that any nation ever pro- duced . He broke through the scholastic obscurity of the age , and shewed mankind the necessity of thinking for themselves , in order to become truly learned . He began with taking a view of ...
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... extraordinary ; but he obtained no higher proferment during the reign of Elizabeth . That princess , who was proverbially sparing of honours and favours to her ministers and courtiers , probably thought him sufficiently provided for by ...
... extraordinary ; but he obtained no higher proferment during the reign of Elizabeth . That princess , who was proverbially sparing of honours and favours to her ministers and courtiers , probably thought him sufficiently provided for by ...
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... extraordinary merit , he remitted the fine , as well as the other parts of the sentence , conferred on him a large pension of 18001. a - year , and employed every expedient to alleviate the weight of his age and misfortunes . He was ...
... extraordinary merit , he remitted the fine , as well as the other parts of the sentence , conferred on him a large pension of 18001. a - year , and employed every expedient to alleviate the weight of his age and misfortunes . He was ...
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... extraordinary honours that were paid him , when , after having with some difficulty ob- tained the pope's consent , he proceeded to Paris . He was received in his progress , and on his arrival , as a sove- reign would have been . He ...
... extraordinary honours that were paid him , when , after having with some difficulty ob- tained the pope's consent , he proceeded to Paris . He was received in his progress , and on his arrival , as a sove- reign would have been . He ...
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... imagine they can trace , in every action of an extraordinary personage , some presage of his future grandeur , will find their experience contradicted , and ENGLAND . ] CROMWELL . their discernment of no avail CROMWELL . [ ENGLAND .
... imagine they can trace , in every action of an extraordinary personage , some presage of his future grandeur , will find their experience contradicted , and ENGLAND . ] CROMWELL . their discernment of no avail CROMWELL . [ ENGLAND .
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