The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... tion of the Queen and her ministers . But the unexpect- ed death of his father , which happened before the pro- per measure could be taken to secure to him the pro- vision intended for him , compelled him to adopt the law , as a ...
... tion of the Queen and her ministers . But the unexpect- ed death of his father , which happened before the pro- per measure could be taken to secure to him the pro- vision intended for him , compelled him to adopt the law , as a ...
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... tion of those works of every description which have im- mortalized him . Architecture , painting , sculpture , every art experienced the fertility of his genius . He executed in bronze the statue of St. Peter , and the four great niches ...
... tion of those works of every description which have im- mortalized him . Architecture , painting , sculpture , every art experienced the fertility of his genius . He executed in bronze the statue of St. Peter , and the four great niches ...
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... tion of young Nicholas , was soon discovered to be ill- founded . He was on'y fourteen years of age when his talent for poetry developed itself . His father intended him for the bar ; but , becoming soon disgusted with the study of the ...
... tion of young Nicholas , was soon discovered to be ill- founded . He was on'y fourteen years of age when his talent for poetry developed itself . His father intended him for the bar ; but , becoming soon disgusted with the study of the ...
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... tion , that there was no restraining ; not a precipice , not a torrent , not a cliff , but is pregnant with religion and poetry . There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief , without the help of other argument . One ...
... tion , that there was no restraining ; not a precipice , not a torrent , not a cliff , but is pregnant with religion and poetry . There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief , without the help of other argument . One ...
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... tion , the most oblique and refined artifice , the semblance of the greatest moderation and simplicity . A friend to justice , though his public conduct was one continued violation of it ; devoted to religion , though he perpetually ...
... tion , the most oblique and refined artifice , the semblance of the greatest moderation and simplicity . A friend to justice , though his public conduct was one continued violation of it ; devoted to religion , though he perpetually ...
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