The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... not because it was prejudicial , but because the adoption of the project might augment the credit of the person who conceived it . This manner of proceeding in Themistocles might originate in a jealousy unworthy of a great character ; 1.
... not because it was prejudicial , but because the adoption of the project might augment the credit of the person who conceived it . This manner of proceeding in Themistocles might originate in a jealousy unworthy of a great character ; 1.
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Or, Biographical Review. originate in a jealousy unworthy of a great character ; in Aristides the love of his country alone led to the op- position he displayed to the designs of his rival , in order to keep him from the seat of power ...
Or, Biographical Review. originate in a jealousy unworthy of a great character ; in Aristides the love of his country alone led to the op- position he displayed to the designs of his rival , in order to keep him from the seat of power ...
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... characters . A particular intrigue , and the refusal to perform with her colleague Dubois , notwithstanding the re- peated clamour of the pit , caused her to be sent to Fort L'Eveque . To be released from thence it was re- quired that ...
... characters . A particular intrigue , and the refusal to perform with her colleague Dubois , notwithstanding the re- peated clamour of the pit , caused her to be sent to Fort L'Eveque . To be released from thence it was re- quired that ...
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... character , then in- sulted . He threw abundance into his capital , he con- structed the port of Ostea , he encreased the circle of Rome , by taking in the mount Aventine , he proscribed the religion of the Druids , and the abominable ...
... character , then in- sulted . He threw abundance into his capital , he con- structed the port of Ostea , he encreased the circle of Rome , by taking in the mount Aventine , he proscribed the religion of the Druids , and the abominable ...
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Or, Biographical Review. ROME . ] CLAUDIUS . ness of his character ; this led him to the commission of the greatest crimes . Abandoning himself to the dissolute Messalina , and to affranchised slaves , still more depraved , he ...
Or, Biographical Review. ROME . ] CLAUDIUS . ness of his character ; this led him to the commission of the greatest crimes . Abandoning himself to the dissolute Messalina , and to affranchised slaves , still more depraved , he ...
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