The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... gave to Sparta new and implacable enemies by recalling into their country the fugitive Messenians . Upon his return to Thebes he was arraigned for retaining the command beyond the time limited . He defended himself , by desiring that he ...
... gave to Sparta new and implacable enemies by recalling into their country the fugitive Messenians . Upon his return to Thebes he was arraigned for retaining the command beyond the time limited . He defended himself , by desiring that he ...
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... gave battle to the Lacedemonians a second time , under the walls of Mantinea . In this conflict , while endeavouring to secure the victory , he was struck with a lance , part of which remained in the wound . This could not be drawn out ...
... gave battle to the Lacedemonians a second time , under the walls of Mantinea . In this conflict , while endeavouring to secure the victory , he was struck with a lance , part of which remained in the wound . This could not be drawn out ...
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... gave to the Roman people the most magnificent hopes . He recalled the exiles , dimi- nished the taxes , banished the profligate , re - establish- ed order , and abolished the crime of high treason which Tiberius had enforced . He was ...
... gave to the Roman people the most magnificent hopes . He recalled the exiles , dimi- nished the taxes , banished the profligate , re - establish- ed order , and abolished the crime of high treason which Tiberius had enforced . He was ...
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... exertions . The active charity of the Abbé de l'Epée did not confine itself to the instruction of these two females , which gave birth to his useful enterprize . He trans- formed his house into a school , where the children.
... exertions . The active charity of the Abbé de l'Epée did not confine itself to the instruction of these two females , which gave birth to his useful enterprize . He trans- formed his house into a school , where the children.
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... gave her name to a village where she had formerly resided , and established there a Roman colony . In short , what surpasses all wonder and credibility , he com- pelled the senate to raise to the rank of the gods , a woman who had been ...
... gave her name to a village where she had formerly resided , and established there a Roman colony . In short , what surpasses all wonder and credibility , he com- pelled the senate to raise to the rank of the gods , a woman who had been ...
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