The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... Prince Henry of Prussia , to whom he had read at Montbar the article Cygne , sent him from Berlin a service of China , decorated with swans , re- presented in all their attitudes ; of which the prince had given the designs . Louis XV ...
... Prince Henry of Prussia , to whom he had read at Montbar the article Cygne , sent him from Berlin a service of China , decorated with swans , re- presented in all their attitudes ; of which the prince had given the designs . Louis XV ...
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... prince that he was a good slave and a bad master . The first act of Caligula was to annul the will of his grandfather by adoption , who had associated with him Gamellus his legitimate grandson . The senate , through hatred to Tiberius ...
... prince that he was a good slave and a bad master . The first act of Caligula was to annul the will of his grandfather by adoption , who had associated with him Gamellus his legitimate grandson . The senate , through hatred to Tiberius ...
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... prince without any dreaded character ; but in the latter period he became so deficient in intellect , as to be indifferent to his dignity and his weaknesses , his duty and his rights . If his wife felt disposed to avenge the scorn of a ...
... prince without any dreaded character ; but in the latter period he became so deficient in intellect , as to be indifferent to his dignity and his weaknesses , his duty and his rights . If his wife felt disposed to avenge the scorn of a ...
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... prince as- cended the throne . He appeared at first desirous of imitating his brother , and Rome imagined she had no more Neros to fear ; but his vices very shortly evinced that he was heir to the most wicked of empe- rors . Cruel ...
... prince as- cended the throne . He appeared at first desirous of imitating his brother , and Rome imagined she had no more Neros to fear ; but his vices very shortly evinced that he was heir to the most wicked of empe- rors . Cruel ...
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... to be preceptor to the Prince of Wales . He was one of the members of parliament whom the Earl of Strafford had it in contemplation to accuse as having excited the Scots to revolt , and one of those who were commissioned in.
... to be preceptor to the Prince of Wales . He was one of the members of parliament whom the Earl of Strafford had it in contemplation to accuse as having excited the Scots to revolt , and one of those who were commissioned in.
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