The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... pupils by re- gimen and exercise ; inculcated in their minds the prin- ciples of the purest morality , and improved their under- standing by making them commit to memory the finest passages of the Greek poets . The only thing that ...
... pupils by re- gimen and exercise ; inculcated in their minds the prin- ciples of the purest morality , and improved their under- standing by making them commit to memory the finest passages of the Greek poets . The only thing that ...
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... pupils the utmost respect . He always re- mained covered before his visitors , however elevated they might be in rank , and was often heard to say , " that he would not exchange his pencil for a cardinal's cap . " In society , however ...
... pupils the utmost respect . He always re- mained covered before his visitors , however elevated they might be in rank , and was often heard to say , " that he would not exchange his pencil for a cardinal's cap . " In society , however ...
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... pupils , and the mode of displaying them to advantage . Destined by his family for the employment of a financier , Helvetius obtained , at the age of 23 , the situation of Farmer - General . He exercised the functions of his place ...
... pupils , and the mode of displaying them to advantage . Destined by his family for the employment of a financier , Helvetius obtained , at the age of 23 , the situation of Farmer - General . He exercised the functions of his place ...
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... pupils, whose studies he incessantly directed ; he would frequently interrupt his own work to attend to their progress ; and when he walked in the streets of Rome, he was always surrounded by his favourite scholars. The accession of Leo ...
... pupils, whose studies he incessantly directed ; he would frequently interrupt his own work to attend to their progress ; and when he walked in the streets of Rome, he was always surrounded by his favourite scholars. The accession of Leo ...
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... pupil of Perugino ; he displayed all the ta- lent which afterwards distinguished him . His second piece , the School of Athens , acquired him all his glory ; it is the master - piece of design among the moderns.- From that time , he ...
... pupil of Perugino ; he displayed all the ta- lent which afterwards distinguished him . His second piece , the School of Athens , acquired him all his glory ; it is the master - piece of design among the moderns.- From that time , he ...
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