The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... Queen of Scots . Mary de Medicis . Montague , Lady M. W. Nelson . De l'Epée . Euclid . Faustina . Fox . Orleans , Duke of . Galba . Parma , Duke of . Garrick . Penn . Gibbon . Philip II . Goldsmith . Pitt . Hampden . Hogarth ...
... Queen of Scots . Mary de Medicis . Montague , Lady M. W. Nelson . De l'Epée . Euclid . Faustina . Fox . Orleans , Duke of . Galba . Parma , Duke of . Garrick . Penn . Gibbon . Philip II . Goldsmith . Pitt . Hampden . Hogarth ...
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... queen connected herself closely with the party which had called her to the throne : she was an enemy to the Duke of Gloucester , and even was sus- pected of having consented to the murder of that prince , in 1447 . One of the secret ...
... queen connected herself closely with the party which had called her to the throne : she was an enemy to the Duke of Gloucester , and even was sus- pected of having consented to the murder of that prince , in 1447 . One of the secret ...
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... queen took ad- vantage , and escaped with her son into the thickest part of the forest ; where , nearly fainting with fatigue , she met another robber advancing sword in hand . She immediately advanced towards him , and presenting to ...
... queen took ad- vantage , and escaped with her son into the thickest part of the forest ; where , nearly fainting with fatigue , she met another robber advancing sword in hand . She immediately advanced towards him , and presenting to ...
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... Queen Anne . In 1682 , he was shipwrecked with the Duke of York in their passage to Scotland ; on which occasion his royal highness expressed the utmost anxiety to save his favourite . The same year he was made a peer , by the title of ...
... Queen Anne . In 1682 , he was shipwrecked with the Duke of York in their passage to Scotland ; on which occasion his royal highness expressed the utmost anxiety to save his favourite . The same year he was made a peer , by the title of ...
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... Queen Mary , he was restored to favour ; and at the close of that reign he had the com- mand of the English forces in Holland , and was ap- pointed ambassador extraordinary to the States , who chose him captain - general of their forces ...
... Queen Mary , he was restored to favour ; and at the close of that reign he had the com- mand of the English forces in Holland , and was ap- pointed ambassador extraordinary to the States , who chose him captain - general of their forces ...
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