The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... hand ; and Nicephorus , at the very time he had dethroned that princess , sought the friendship of Charlemagne , sent ambassadors to him , and shared with him the title of Augustus . The Caliph Aaron , appreciating the merit of ...
... hand ; and Nicephorus , at the very time he had dethroned that princess , sought the friendship of Charlemagne , sent ambassadors to him , and shared with him the title of Augustus . The Caliph Aaron , appreciating the merit of ...
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... hands of his unworthy cour- tiers , Pallas and Narcissus , and the lives of the citizens were at their disposal . Fallen into a state of imbecility , Claudius became , in a manner , an absolute stranger to what was trans- acted in his ...
... hands of his unworthy cour- tiers , Pallas and Narcissus , and the lives of the citizens were at their disposal . Fallen into a state of imbecility , Claudius became , in a manner , an absolute stranger to what was trans- acted in his ...
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... knights or the senators . The caprice of an imbecile took it out of the hands of both ; an extraordinary instance of the success of a despotism , which had convulsed the universe . PE DE CARAVAG 0 Hural by Him . dr En CLAUDIUS . [ ROME .
... knights or the senators . The caprice of an imbecile took it out of the hands of both ; an extraordinary instance of the success of a despotism , which had convulsed the universe . PE DE CARAVAG 0 Hural by Him . dr En CLAUDIUS . [ ROME .
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... hands of justice . The works of Caravaggio , in the imitation in fresco of ancient basso relievos , was greater than that of any other artist his drawing was correct ; a thorough knowledge of the antique , and the constant study of ...
... hands of justice . The works of Caravaggio , in the imitation in fresco of ancient basso relievos , was greater than that of any other artist his drawing was correct ; a thorough knowledge of the antique , and the constant study of ...
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... hands . Euclid had likewise written on optics , music , and other scientific subjects . He was so respected , that Plato himself a mathema- tician , being asked concerning the building of an altar at Athens , referred his enquirers to ...
... hands . Euclid had likewise written on optics , music , and other scientific subjects . He was so respected , that Plato himself a mathema- tician , being asked concerning the building of an altar at Athens , referred his enquirers to ...
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