The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... produced two celebrated genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics , to the wonder and dismay of a barbarous age , which accused him of sorcery , and ...
... produced two celebrated genius ' of this name . Roger Bacon , a poor friar of the thirteenth century , made the most asto- nishing discoveries in physics , to the wonder and dismay of a barbarous age , which accused him of sorcery , and ...
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... produced in the history of ancient or modern Europe , in the person of Agis , of Lacedęmon , 300 years before the Christian ęra . Having obtained the appointment of lord- deputy of Ireland , he crossed the sea , seized on all the towns ...
... produced in the history of ancient or modern Europe , in the person of Agis , of Lacedęmon , 300 years before the Christian ęra . Having obtained the appointment of lord- deputy of Ireland , he crossed the sea , seized on all the towns ...
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... produced , it is surmised , that of Dr. Gall , which has excited so much attention in Ger- many . His Cabinet of Medals was reckoned one of the finest collections in Switzerland . Beside his Treatise on Physiognomy , Lavater composed a ...
... produced , it is surmised , that of Dr. Gall , which has excited so much attention in Ger- many . His Cabinet of Medals was reckoned one of the finest collections in Switzerland . Beside his Treatise on Physiognomy , Lavater composed a ...
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... produced the Impromptu de Versailles, and the Princesse tTElide, a spectacle composed on purpose to add splendour to the fete given by the king to the reigning queen, the queen dowager, and queen Henrietta of England, the widow of the ...
... produced the Impromptu de Versailles, and the Princesse tTElide, a spectacle composed on purpose to add splendour to the fete given by the king to the reigning queen, the queen dowager, and queen Henrietta of England, the widow of the ...
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... produced Amphitryon, imitated from Plautus, and superior to its model, but in which he has evinced less attention to propriety of language than in his former plays. L'Avare, another copy from the same poet, is rather outre in its ...
... produced Amphitryon, imitated from Plautus, and superior to its model, but in which he has evinced less attention to propriety of language than in his former plays. L'Avare, another copy from the same poet, is rather outre in its ...
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