The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... court who employed their arms in his defence , many poems and wild stories of chivalry have been built , several of which possess much poetical imagery and expression , while others contain little else than dull narrative of fiction ...
... court who employed their arms in his defence , many poems and wild stories of chivalry have been built , several of which possess much poetical imagery and expression , while others contain little else than dull narrative of fiction ...
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... courts . Joseph II . admired him , and placed a dis- ciple under his care , in order that he might carry into Germany the benefit of this institution . He received likewise from Catharine II . the most advantageous offers , which he ...
... courts . Joseph II . admired him , and placed a dis- ciple under his care , in order that he might carry into Germany the benefit of this institution . He received likewise from Catharine II . the most advantageous offers , which he ...
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... court . Seated in the gallery through which the king was accustomed to pass to hear mass , Louis XV . the Dauphin , the Duke of Orleans , M. M. d'Aumont , de Richelieu , and de Brisac , directed , for a time , their attention to the ...
... court . Seated in the gallery through which the king was accustomed to pass to hear mass , Louis XV . the Dauphin , the Duke of Orleans , M. M. d'Aumont , de Richelieu , and de Brisac , directed , for a time , their attention to the ...
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... court in the American contest . This piece was written in French , and very generally admired . For this service he ob- tained a seat at the Board of Trade , which he held till the abolition of that Board , by Mr. Burke's bill . In 1783 ...
... court in the American contest . This piece was written in French , and very generally admired . For this service he ob- tained a seat at the Board of Trade , which he held till the abolition of that Board , by Mr. Burke's bill . In 1783 ...
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... court of Rome . Per- ceiving that the moment for attacking it with success was arrived , Luther , after having loudly declaimed against the abuse of indulgences , attacked the indul- gences themselves ; and the thesis which he pub ...
... court of Rome . Per- ceiving that the moment for attacking it with success was arrived , Luther , after having loudly declaimed against the abuse of indulgences , attacked the indul- gences themselves ; and the thesis which he pub ...
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