The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... possessed of those talents which any particular employment demanded . His generals , his admirals , his judges , his ambassadors , were persons who contributed all of them , in their several spheres , to the security of the protector ...
... possessed of those talents which any particular employment demanded . His generals , his admirals , his judges , his ambassadors , were persons who contributed all of them , in their several spheres , to the security of the protector ...
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... possessed sufficient gaiety , others have been good poets , many have delineated manners with considerable facility and skill ; but the art of Moliére was the accurate knowledge of the human mind : this was the path which he opened ...
... possessed sufficient gaiety , others have been good poets , many have delineated manners with considerable facility and skill ; but the art of Moliére was the accurate knowledge of the human mind : this was the path which he opened ...
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... possessed , in his own character , much of that elevation and spirit which he has given to his Poet in the Metro- mania . If his many excellent qualities were obscured by any particular defect , it was perhaps by too exalted an opinion ...
... possessed , in his own character , much of that elevation and spirit which he has given to his Poet in the Metro- mania . If his many excellent qualities were obscured by any particular defect , it was perhaps by too exalted an opinion ...
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... possessed all the mild and amiable virtues ; his can- dour , his modesty , and his disinterestedness , secured him the friendship of all who approached him . To the stings of professional jealousy he was a perfect stranger ; and it does ...
... possessed all the mild and amiable virtues ; his can- dour , his modesty , and his disinterestedness , secured him the friendship of all who approached him . To the stings of professional jealousy he was a perfect stranger ; and it does ...
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... possessed , conciliated in his favour the suffrages of the nobles ; and Raphael was received in the capital of the christian world , as one destined to restore the arts to their former splendour . When we consider this young painter ...
... possessed , conciliated in his favour the suffrages of the nobles ; and Raphael was received in the capital of the christian world , as one destined to restore the arts to their former splendour . When we consider this young painter ...
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