The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... respects so perfect , had not been sul- lied by ambition and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place , in the Strand , on the 22d of January , 1560. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , under ...
... respects so perfect , had not been sul- lied by ambition and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place , in the Strand , on the 22d of January , 1560. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , under ...
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... respects to Galilæo , and , perhaps , even to Kepler , he surpassed them both in the extent of his researches , and the boldness of his discoveries . His Latinity is re ... respect , un- worthy of him . The undertaking would , indeed , 67.
... respects to Galilæo , and , perhaps , even to Kepler , he surpassed them both in the extent of his researches , and the boldness of his discoveries . His Latinity is re ... respect , un- worthy of him . The undertaking would , indeed , 67.
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... respecting his history . He passed the remainder of his days in retirement , either in town or country . He lamented , in his latter years , the misfor- tunes which terminated the reign of a monarch , of which he had been one of the ...
... respecting his history . He passed the remainder of his days in retirement , either in town or country . He lamented , in his latter years , the misfor- tunes which terminated the reign of a monarch , of which he had been one of the ...
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... respect for the language - that succession of ideas — that agreeable manner with which he conducts his reader- and that natural facility which genius only displays . He always performed what he was desirous of accomplishing , FRANCE ...
... respect for the language - that succession of ideas — that agreeable manner with which he conducts his reader- and that natural facility which genius only displays . He always performed what he was desirous of accomplishing , FRANCE ...
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... respects they greatly es- teemed him , and incessantly applauded him before their parents . Some of his friends were disposed to remove him out of slavery . " You are wanting in sense , " said he to them , " do you not know that the ...
... respects they greatly es- teemed him , and incessantly applauded him before their parents . Some of his friends were disposed to remove him out of slavery . " You are wanting in sense , " said he to them , " do you not know that the ...
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