The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... father , which happened before the pro- per measure could be taken to secure to him the pro- vision intended for him , compelled him to adopt the law , as a profession , contrary to his natural inclination , which rather led him to ...
... father , which happened before the pro- per measure could be taken to secure to him the pro- vision intended for him , compelled him to adopt the law , as a profession , contrary to his natural inclination , which rather led him to ...
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... Father , who was a Florentine artist , the first elements of his art , and went with him to Rome , with a view to perfect himself . Nature had made him a sculptor , for , at ten years of age , he pro- duced a head in marble , that ...
... Father , who was a Florentine artist , the first elements of his art , and went with him to Rome , with a view to perfect himself . Nature had made him a sculptor , for , at ten years of age , he pro- duced a head in marble , that ...
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... father being wholly absorbed in business , he was abandoned to the care of an old servant , who treated him with much unkindness and severity . Her conduct , in- deed , made such an impression on his mind , that he has been known to ...
... father being wholly absorbed in business , he was abandoned to the care of an old servant , who treated him with much unkindness and severity . Her conduct , in- deed , made such an impression on his mind , that he has been known to ...
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... father intended him for the bar ; but , becoming soon disgusted with the study of the law , he directed his thoughts to the church , to which he shortly after conceived a dislike . Boileau , equally disgusted with the one and the other ...
... father intended him for the bar ; but , becoming soon disgusted with the study of the law , he directed his thoughts to the church , to which he shortly after conceived a dislike . Boileau , equally disgusted with the one and the other ...
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... fathers , who are commissioned to entertain strangers , ( for the rest must neither speak one to another , nor to any one else , ) re- ceived us very kindly , and set before us a repast of dried fish , eggs , butter , fruits , and all ...
... fathers , who are commissioned to entertain strangers , ( for the rest must neither speak one to another , nor to any one else , ) re- ceived us very kindly , and set before us a repast of dried fish , eggs , butter , fruits , and all ...
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