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... character . Abel de Pujol enjoyed a great reputation , but there is little genuine inspiration or imagination in his works . They are pompous and academic after the David type ; clever , but thoroughly artificial in composition ...
... character . Abel de Pujol enjoyed a great reputation , but there is little genuine inspiration or imagination in his works . They are pompous and academic after the David type ; clever , but thoroughly artificial in composition ...
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... character , la Grèce contemporaine , ' 1855 , which met with re- markable success , due as much to the unsparing manner in which he dealt with the modern Greeks , as to the lightness and brilliancy of the style . Almost at the same ...
... character , la Grèce contemporaine , ' 1855 , which met with re- markable success , due as much to the unsparing manner in which he dealt with the modern Greeks , as to the lightness and brilliancy of the style . Almost at the same ...
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... character and position it is difficult to disentangle from the conflicting accounts of partizans , was born in March , 1536 , at Perth , where his family had been established for about 150 years . He was the eldest of the three sons of ...
... character and position it is difficult to disentangle from the conflicting accounts of partizans , was born in March , 1536 , at Perth , where his family had been established for about 150 years . He was the eldest of the three sons of ...
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... character . During the autumn of 1861 his time and thought were much occupied by the International Exhibition , which had been fixed to be held at South Kensington in May , 1862 , and which , profiting by the experience gained in 1851 ...
... character . During the autumn of 1861 his time and thought were much occupied by the International Exhibition , which had been fixed to be held at South Kensington in May , 1862 , and which , profiting by the experience gained in 1851 ...
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... character of the Sovereign its special phase may be in an unusual degree as- signed . His main purpose has been the unification , as it is called , of the empire , and in this he has been in a great measure successful . With ceaseless ...
... character of the Sovereign its special phase may be in an unusual degree as- signed . His main purpose has been the unification , as it is called , of the empire , and in this he has been in a great measure successful . With ceaseless ...
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