The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... nature , and returned impressed with the zeal of the naturalist . But his father , who had destined him for the ... natural history . He was appointed in 1739 , superintendant of the Royal Garden and Cabinets , which by his care were con-
... nature , and returned impressed with the zeal of the naturalist . But his father , who had destined him for the ... natural history . He was appointed in 1739 , superintendant of the Royal Garden and Cabinets , which by his care were con-
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... natural history des- tined for the king of Spain , sent according to the ad- dress , those which bore the name of Buffon . Buffon appears to have imitated nature , which pro- duces her secrets slowly and silently . He employed ten years ...
... natural history des- tined for the king of Spain , sent according to the ad- dress , those which bore the name of Buffon . Buffon appears to have imitated nature , which pro- duces her secrets slowly and silently . He employed ten years ...
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... nature herself operates on a grand scale : it is by process of time and innumerable ramifications that reason and truth establish their empire , and not by convulsions and irruptions . It is not a revolution , a conquest ; it is an ...
... nature herself operates on a grand scale : it is by process of time and innumerable ramifications that reason and truth establish their empire , and not by convulsions and irruptions . It is not a revolution , a conquest ; it is an ...
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... Natural Society ; or , a View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every species of artificial Society , " which , for a time , imposed upon the friends of Lord Boling- broke as a real production of that writer ; the latter ...
... Natural Society ; or , a View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every species of artificial Society , " which , for a time , imposed upon the friends of Lord Boling- broke as a real production of that writer ; the latter ...
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... nature , by sharing the bed of his three sisters , attempting to create a famine in Rome , by the mono- poly of corn , and carrying his atrocity to such a pitch as to wish that the Roman people had only one head that he might cut it off ...
... nature , by sharing the bed of his three sisters , attempting to create a famine in Rome , by the mono- poly of corn , and carrying his atrocity to such a pitch as to wish that the Roman people had only one head that he might cut it off ...
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