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Page 6
... endeavouring at cleanness or brilliancy of tint , he overshot the mark , and falls under the criticism that was made on an ancient painter , that his figures looked as if they fed upon roses . It is , however , singular to see colours ...
... endeavouring at cleanness or brilliancy of tint , he overshot the mark , and falls under the criticism that was made on an ancient painter , that his figures looked as if they fed upon roses . It is , however , singular to see colours ...
Page 15
... endeavouring to exaggerate the number of his er- rors with Lucas Holstenius , who declared that he was ready to shew eight thousand falsities in Baronius's Annals , it can- not be denied that the number of them is very great ; yet it ...
... endeavouring to exaggerate the number of his er- rors with Lucas Holstenius , who declared that he was ready to shew eight thousand falsities in Baronius's Annals , it can- not be denied that the number of them is very great ; yet it ...
Page 26
... endeavouring to carry their respective points ; the manufacture company to get likewise the charter for commerce , the other party to get a separate charter for commerce , exclusive of the manufac- ture company . At length both sides ...
... endeavouring to carry their respective points ; the manufacture company to get likewise the charter for commerce , the other party to get a separate charter for commerce , exclusive of the manufac- ture company . At length both sides ...
Page 63
... challenged to have his pre- tensions investigated by some Oriental scholar . Our author endeavoured to evade the task , by representing , that his 1 Moreri , -Dict . Hist . mode of study could at most enable him to read BARTH . 63.
... challenged to have his pre- tensions investigated by some Oriental scholar . Our author endeavoured to evade the task , by representing , that his 1 Moreri , -Dict . Hist . mode of study could at most enable him to read BARTH . 63.
Page 64
... endeavoured to tell the story fairly ; every one chose the marvellous colouring ; he was extolled as a prodigy ; and his reputation established at Marseilles . Having finished his academical studies , he retired to Aubagne , where he ...
... endeavoured to tell the story fairly ; every one chose the marvellous colouring ; he was extolled as a prodigy ; and his reputation established at Marseilles . Having finished his academical studies , he retired to Aubagne , where he ...
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