The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... gave birth to Love , who spreading on a sudden his golden pinions , took his flight around the rising world . Other traditions denominate as the parents of Love , Chaos and the Earth , Mars and Venus , Zephyrus and Eris , Cęlus and ...
... gave birth to Love , who spreading on a sudden his golden pinions , took his flight around the rising world . Other traditions denominate as the parents of Love , Chaos and the Earth , Mars and Venus , Zephyrus and Eris , Cęlus and ...
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... gave to the whole trans- action the most favourable turn for Essex : and , in par- ticular , pointed out , in elaborate expressions , the du- tiful submission which that nobleman discovered in the defence he had made for his conduct ...
... gave to the whole trans- action the most favourable turn for Essex : and , in par- ticular , pointed out , in elaborate expressions , the du- tiful submission which that nobleman discovered in the defence he had made for his conduct ...
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... gave to his productions , by the ser- vile imitation of forms , indiscriminately picked from the dregs of the people , reflected disgrace on the sublime art . • Subjects of a tragical nature seem most fitted to the genius of Caravaggio ...
... gave to his productions , by the ser- vile imitation of forms , indiscriminately picked from the dregs of the people , reflected disgrace on the sublime art . • Subjects of a tragical nature seem most fitted to the genius of Caravaggio ...
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... gave way to the more imperious suggestions of private interest . But it is difficult to imagine that he had , from the beginning , pur- sued a premeditated plan to found his greatness on the credulity and enthusiasm of others . It is ...
... gave way to the more imperious suggestions of private interest . But it is difficult to imagine that he had , from the beginning , pur- sued a premeditated plan to found his greatness on the credulity and enthusiasm of others . It is ...
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... abolish . But the vigour and energy of the parliament , the success of their arms in Scotland and Ireland , and their naval victories over the Dutch , which gave them a temporary popularity , appear to have suspended his pro- jects 63.
... abolish . But the vigour and energy of the parliament , the success of their arms in Scotland and Ireland , and their naval victories over the Dutch , which gave them a temporary popularity , appear to have suspended his pro- jects 63.
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