The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... given the designs . Louis XV . ennobled the estate of M. de Buffon . The Empress of Russia , Catherine II . corresponded with him . Montesquieu and Helvetius were of the number of his friends . J. J. Rousseau religiously sa- luted the ...
... given the designs . Louis XV . ennobled the estate of M. de Buffon . The Empress of Russia , Catherine II . corresponded with him . Montesquieu and Helvetius were of the number of his friends . J. J. Rousseau religiously sa- luted the ...
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Or, Biographical Review. 1 ! CHARLEMAGNE Sands soup . CHARLEMAGNE . CHARLES , to whom posterity has given the. Pulisha by Verner Hood & Sharpe , Foultry 18n .
Or, Biographical Review. 1 ! CHARLEMAGNE Sands soup . CHARLEMAGNE . CHARLES , to whom posterity has given the. Pulisha by Verner Hood & Sharpe , Foultry 18n .
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Or, Biographical Review. CHARLEMAGNE . CHARLES , to whom posterity has given the sur- name of the Great , was the son of Pepin le Bref and of Bertha . He was born about the year 742 , in the castle of Ingelheim , near to Mayence . After ...
Or, Biographical Review. CHARLEMAGNE . CHARLES , to whom posterity has given the sur- name of the Great , was the son of Pepin le Bref and of Bertha . He was born about the year 742 , in the castle of Ingelheim , near to Mayence . After ...
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... given by Charlemagne to that number of valiant men belonging to his 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 ...
... given by Charlemagne to that number of valiant men belonging to his 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 ...
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... given to him in all the petitions which were presented . He passed the greater part of the day in catching flies , and in piercing them with a bodkin . It was upon this occasion that Vibius , upon being asked who was with the emperor ...
... given to him in all the petitions which were presented . He passed the greater part of the day in catching flies , and in piercing them with a bodkin . It was upon this occasion that Vibius , upon being asked who was with the emperor ...
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