The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... vigour and energy of the parliament , the success of their arms in Scotland and Ireland , and their naval victories over the Dutch , which gave them a temporary popularity , appear to have suspended his pro- jects 63.
... vigour and energy of the parliament , the success of their arms in Scotland and Ireland , and their naval victories over the Dutch , which gave them a temporary popularity , appear to have suspended his pro- jects 63.
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... vigour , to his former studies , and is said to have been admitted of St. John's , Cambridge ; though his continuance there was short . His military spirit engaged him in a duel with a person , whom he killed , though his adversary was ...
... vigour , to his former studies , and is said to have been admitted of St. John's , Cambridge ; though his continuance there was short . His military spirit engaged him in a duel with a person , whom he killed , though his adversary was ...
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... vigour of conception or pathetic details . The Sejanus was followed by Volpone ; the Epicane , or the Silent Wo- man ; and the Alchymist . The last was a bold and manly attempt to ridicule the prevailing notion of the possibility of ...
... vigour of conception or pathetic details . The Sejanus was followed by Volpone ; the Epicane , or the Silent Wo- man ; and the Alchymist . The last was a bold and manly attempt to ridicule the prevailing notion of the possibility of ...
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... vigour ; and he employed the remnant of his life in improving his work . He died in 1801 , at the age of sixty . The system of Lavater produced , it is surmised , that of Dr. Gall , which has excited so much attention in Ger- many . His ...
... vigour ; and he employed the remnant of his life in improving his work . He died in 1801 , at the age of sixty . The system of Lavater produced , it is surmised , that of Dr. Gall , which has excited so much attention in Ger- many . His ...
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... vigour and energy to a single point ; while those of ordinary minds are divided and weakened by the attempt to grasp at every attainment , without the power of excelling in any . Thus had so many great men distinguished themselves in ...
... vigour and energy to a single point ; while those of ordinary minds are divided and weakened by the attempt to grasp at every attainment , without the power of excelling in any . Thus had so many great men distinguished themselves in ...
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