The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... honours and favours to her ministers and courtiers , probably thought him sufficiently provided for by this si- tuation ... honour , made him at the time extremely unpopular . In this instance , perhaps , he acted in obe- : ENGLAND ...
... honours and favours to her ministers and courtiers , probably thought him sufficiently provided for by this si- tuation ... honour , made him at the time extremely unpopular . In this instance , perhaps , he acted in obe- : ENGLAND ...
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... honour , had he been the first to wave it , may yet be adduced as no inconsiderable alle- viation of his guilt . It was highly cruel to punish him so rigorously for offences from which no former Char- cellor had been exempt , and the ...
... honour , had he been the first to wave it , may yet be adduced as no inconsiderable alle- viation of his guilt . It was highly cruel to punish him so rigorously for offences from which no former Char- cellor had been exempt , and the ...
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... 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 remained eight ...
... 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 remained eight ...
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... honour to recite several cantos of his poem to that enlightened prince , who treated him with great liberality . He was granted the exclusive privilege of publishing his own works ; and , with other marks of royal favour , was made ...
... honour to recite several cantos of his poem to that enlightened prince , who treated him with great liberality . He was granted the exclusive privilege of publishing his own works ; and , with other marks of royal favour , was made ...
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... honour and interest of the nation . In religion only he continued to act with the same hypocrisy to which he owed his elevation . With the pretended saints he laid aside the state of a sovereign ; with them he sighed , he wept , he ...
... honour and interest of the nation . In religion only he continued to act with the same hypocrisy to which he owed his elevation . With the pretended saints he laid aside the state of a sovereign ; with them he sighed , he wept , he ...
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