The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... expressions , the du- tiful submission which that nobleman discovered in the defence he had made for his conduct . When he read that passage to her , the Queen smiled , and observed to him , that old love , she saw , could not easily be ...
... expressions , the du- tiful submission which that nobleman discovered in the defence he had made for his conduct . When he read that passage to her , the Queen smiled , and observed to him , that old love , she saw , could not easily be ...
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... expression . His English style is often rigid and pedantic , and he seems to be the original of those pointed similies and long - spun allegories which distinguish the authors of that age . A life of this illustrious man has long been ...
... expression . His English style is often rigid and pedantic , and he seems to be the original of those pointed similies and long - spun allegories which distinguish the authors of that age . A life of this illustrious man has long been ...
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... expressions - if he rises not to any elevated height , he never sinks into insipidity . He was always acquainted with the full extent of his powers ; and evinced consider- able judgment in the choice of subjects upon which they were ...
... expressions - if he rises not to any elevated height , he never sinks into insipidity . He was always acquainted with the full extent of his powers ; and evinced consider- able judgment in the choice of subjects upon which they were ...
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... expressing him- self with common precision or propriety , but at all times delivered his harangues in a manner of which a peasant of the most ordinary capacity would justly be ashamed of . Upon an examination of his various speeches ...
... expressing him- self with common precision or propriety , but at all times delivered his harangues in a manner of which a peasant of the most ordinary capacity would justly be ashamed of . Upon an examination of his various speeches ...
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... expressions , but that sometimes his favourite notions would escape him . It may not be unnecessary to examine here how far this fanatical spirit , particularly in religious matters , was natural or assumed , and to notice the different ...
... expressions , but that sometimes his favourite notions would escape him . It may not be unnecessary to examine here how far this fanatical spirit , particularly in religious matters , was natural or assumed , and to notice the different ...
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