The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... desirous of securing peace to the empire , than of acquiring glory , the first use he made of his power was to abandon all the conquests that had been achieved by Trajan , and his predecessors , beyond the Euphrates ; and to make that ...
... desirous of securing peace to the empire , than of acquiring glory , the first use he made of his power was to abandon all the conquests that had been achieved by Trajan , and his predecessors , beyond the Euphrates ; and to make that ...
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... desirous of securing peace to the empire , than of acquiring glory , the first use he made of his power was to abandon all the conquests that had been achieved by Trajan , and his predecessors , beyond the Euphrates ; and to make that ...
... desirous of securing peace to the empire , than of acquiring glory , the first use he made of his power was to abandon all the conquests that had been achieved by Trajan , and his predecessors , beyond the Euphrates ; and to make that ...
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... desirous of consolidating the protestant interest , by an alliance with the Princes of the Smalcaldic league - Cromwell , at length , proposed to him a marriage with the Princess Anne of Cleves , to which the King assented . She was the ...
... desirous of consolidating the protestant interest , by an alliance with the Princes of the Smalcaldic league - Cromwell , at length , proposed to him a marriage with the Princess Anne of Cleves , to which the King assented . She was the ...
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... desirous that he should courageously assert his birth - right , and several of his subjects did not scruple to urge him to it . Too crafty to employ violence , Vascon- cellos had recourse to measures to secure the person of the duke ...
... desirous that he should courageously assert his birth - right , and several of his subjects did not scruple to urge him to it . Too crafty to employ violence , Vascon- cellos had recourse to measures to secure the person of the duke ...
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... desirous of painting the gallery of his palace at Rome , and the Duke of Parma , his brother , persuaded Annibal to take upon himself the execution of this extensive work . He set out with a certain number of skilful pupils , and under ...
... desirous of painting the gallery of his palace at Rome , and the Duke of Parma , his brother , persuaded Annibal to take upon himself the execution of this extensive work . He set out with a certain number of skilful pupils , and under ...
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