The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... considered a singular monument of an extraordi- nary age . The code of laws of Charlemagne has been long universally admired . His genius extended itself throughout his empire , and conceived nothing but what was great and sublime . He ...
... considered a singular monument of an extraordi- nary age . The code of laws of Charlemagne has been long universally admired . His genius extended itself throughout his empire , and conceived nothing but what was great and sublime . He ...
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... considered as one of our greatest contemporaries . For more than twenty years he headed the opposition in the House of Commons , and was the constant po- litical adversary of Mr. Pitt . This struggle between two such eminent men gave ...
... considered as one of our greatest contemporaries . For more than twenty years he headed the opposition in the House of Commons , and was the constant po- litical adversary of Mr. Pitt . This struggle between two such eminent men gave ...
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... considered them- selves less as rivals than associates in the same honour , and the same glory . Hortensius died at the age of 64 , during the con- sulship of Paulus and of Marcellus , in the year of Rome 704 . It is from Cicero that we ...
... considered them- selves less as rivals than associates in the same honour , and the same glory . Hortensius died at the age of 64 , during the con- sulship of Paulus and of Marcellus , in the year of Rome 704 . It is from Cicero that we ...
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... considered a disciple of Bacon and Locke ; but among the disciples of these great men , he is pecu- liarly remarked for his aversion to all metaphysical theories . He combats with vigour and success those arguments a priori , those ...
... considered a disciple of Bacon and Locke ; but among the disciples of these great men , he is pecu- liarly remarked for his aversion to all metaphysical theories . He combats with vigour and success those arguments a priori , those ...
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... considered a most astonishing circumstance , that at his age , and so loaded with infirmities as he was , he should have been able to combine in one work so much sagacity and knowledge , appreciating with such accuracy the distinct ...
... considered a most astonishing circumstance , that at his age , and so loaded with infirmities as he was , he should have been able to combine in one work so much sagacity and knowledge , appreciating with such accuracy the distinct ...
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