The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Queen was accustomed to call him her young Lord Keeper , and when she once asked him how old he was , he answered in a style of delicate flat- tery , far beyond his years , " that he was two years younger than her majesty's happy ...
... Queen was accustomed to call him her young Lord Keeper , and when she once asked him how old he was , he answered in a style of delicate flat- tery , far beyond his years , " that he was two years younger than her majesty's happy ...
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... Queen's council extraordinary ; but he obtained no higher proferment during the reign of Elizabeth . That princess , who was proverbially sparing of honours and favours to her ministers and courtiers , probably thought him sufficiently ...
... Queen's council extraordinary ; but he obtained no higher proferment during the reign of Elizabeth . That princess , who was proverbially sparing of honours and favours to her ministers and courtiers , probably thought him sufficiently ...
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... Queen smiled , and observed to him , ' that old love , she saw , could not easily be forgotten . ' He replied , that ... Queen's favour , to be active in be- reaving of life his friend and patron , whose generosity he had so often ...
... Queen smiled , and observed to him , ' that old love , she saw , could not easily be forgotten . ' He replied , that ... Queen's favour , to be active in be- reaving of life his friend and patron , whose generosity he had so often ...
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... Queen had been sparing of it , bestowed on him the order of Knighthood , and the rank of King's Counsel . A few years after , though not without considerable opposition from his cousin , the Earl of Salisbury , and Sir Ed- ward Coke ...
... Queen had been sparing of it , bestowed on him the order of Knighthood , and the rank of King's Counsel . A few years after , though not without considerable opposition from his cousin , the Earl of Salisbury , and Sir Ed- ward Coke ...
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... queen , who commending the portrait he had just exe- cuted of the prince , he added , " Your majesty is pleased with the portrait , because you admire the original . " On his return to Rome he hastened to execute an equestrian statue of ...
... queen , who commending the portrait he had just exe- cuted of the prince , he added , " Your majesty is pleased with the portrait , because you admire the original . " On his return to Rome he hastened to execute an equestrian statue of ...
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