The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 174
... showed with what sincerity it was made , and at how great a sacrifice to the public it was confirmed . Per- haps no prince of his family ever went through such a succession of active personal exertion in behalf ot public institutions ...
... showed with what sincerity it was made , and at how great a sacrifice to the public it was confirmed . Per- haps no prince of his family ever went through such a succession of active personal exertion in behalf ot public institutions ...
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... showed from his infancy a strong inclination for painting , and made so rapid a progress in it , that he is said , at the age of fourteen , to have been able to correct the drawings of his master , Do- minico Gilbandai . When he was an ...
... showed from his infancy a strong inclination for painting , and made so rapid a progress in it , that he is said , at the age of fourteen , to have been able to correct the drawings of his master , Do- minico Gilbandai . When he was an ...
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... showed the picture , he said , " Here you see a picture by Vernet , with St. Jerome in the cave . " " But we cannot see the saint , " replied to visitors . " Excuse me , gentlemen , " an- swered the possessor , he is there ; for I have ...
... showed the picture , he said , " Here you see a picture by Vernet , with St. Jerome in the cave . " " But we cannot see the saint , " replied to visitors . " Excuse me , gentlemen , " an- swered the possessor , he is there ; for I have ...
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