The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... took the command . The day arriving during which Aristides was to direct the army , he committed the management of it to Mil- tiades , of whose military talents and approved valour he was fully sensible , feeling himself happy to obey a ...
... took the command . The day arriving during which Aristides was to direct the army , he committed the management of it to Mil- tiades , of whose military talents and approved valour he was fully sensible , feeling himself happy to obey a ...
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... took the shell , wrote his name upon it , and returned it to him . Aristides was recalled after an exile of three years , and his zeal contributed to the salvation of Greece , then threatened by the arms of Xerxes . This extra- ordinary ...
... took the shell , wrote his name upon it , and returned it to him . Aristides was recalled after an exile of three years , and his zeal contributed to the salvation of Greece , then threatened by the arms of Xerxes . This extra- ordinary ...
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... took a part . But the renewal of hostilities , while it added to the ag- grandizement of the French nation , tended to confirm Buonaparte ( whom we are now to consider as emperor of the kingdom ) in his dynasty , and to open a new field ...
... took a part . But the renewal of hostilities , while it added to the ag- grandizement of the French nation , tended to confirm Buonaparte ( whom we are now to consider as emperor of the kingdom ) in his dynasty , and to open a new field ...
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... took the field against France . The battle of Jena , fought likewise by Buonaparte in person , in October of the same year , concluded the campaign , and over- turned in its results the Prussian monarchy . A vic- tory equally important ...
... took the field against France . The battle of Jena , fought likewise by Buonaparte in person , in October of the same year , concluded the campaign , and over- turned in its results the Prussian monarchy . A vic- tory equally important ...
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... took a considerable part ; he after- wards gained great popularity , for his introduction of a bill for Reform in the National Expenditure , on which he spent prodigious labour , but was unsuc- cessful . The leading particulars of his ...
... took a considerable part ; he after- wards gained great popularity , for his introduction of a bill for Reform in the National Expenditure , on which he spent prodigious labour , but was unsuc- cessful . The leading particulars of his ...
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