The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... style of Raphael . The figure is remarkable for the grace of its attitude and the chastity of its design ; and the drapery is arranged in the most tasteful manner . THE ASTOR NY LIBRAR イ SCHAH ABBAS . Engraved ecran ABUNDANCE. ...
... style of Raphael . The figure is remarkable for the grace of its attitude and the chastity of its design ; and the drapery is arranged in the most tasteful manner . THE ASTOR NY LIBRAR イ SCHAH ABBAS . Engraved ecran ABUNDANCE. ...
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... manner , for his judicious choice of Antoninus and Marcus Aure- lius , as his successors . On his death bed , he composed the following Latin verses , addressed to his soul , ( translated by Pope , ) which betray his uncertainty in ...
... manner , for his judicious choice of Antoninus and Marcus Aure- lius , as his successors . On his death bed , he composed the following Latin verses , addressed to his soul , ( translated by Pope , ) which betray his uncertainty in ...
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... French writers , and the amusing Brantôme among the rest , have mangled her fair fame in the most outrageous manner . Not content with consigning her to the arms ENGLAND . ] ANNE BOLEYN . of Francis himself , ANNE BOLEYN . [ ENGLAND .
... French writers , and the amusing Brantôme among the rest , have mangled her fair fame in the most outrageous manner . Not content with consigning her to the arms ENGLAND . ] ANNE BOLEYN . of Francis himself , ANNE BOLEYN . [ ENGLAND .
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... manners still retained all the grossness of the age , cannot be wondered at ; and that , thus endowed , she should have attracted the notice of the King , may be considered equally na- tural . Henry's scruples had made him break off all ...
... manners still retained all the grossness of the age , cannot be wondered at ; and that , thus endowed , she should have attracted the notice of the King , may be considered equally na- tural . Henry's scruples had made him break off all ...
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... manner . this resolution was , for some time , concealed ; and the King awaited , with as much serenity as the extreme ar- dour and impatience of his temper would permit , the dilatory proceedings of the court of Rome . He content- ed ...
... manner . this resolution was , for some time , concealed ; and the King awaited , with as much serenity as the extreme ar- dour and impatience of his temper would permit , the dilatory proceedings of the court of Rome . He content- ed ...
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