The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... tion . Napoleon Buonaparte , who , from a station in life comparatively obscure , has raised himself to the sove- reignty of the empire of France , was a native of Cor- sica . When very young he was sent to Paris , where he received his ...
... tion . Napoleon Buonaparte , who , from a station in life comparatively obscure , has raised himself to the sove- reignty of the empire of France , was a native of Cor- sica . When very young he was sent to Paris , where he received his ...
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... tion of that country . The war in Portugal , in which the British ( taking a more decisive part in aid of a nearer ally ) have acquired immortal glory , has already proved no less disastrous to the French legions than creditable to the ...
... tion of that country . The war in Portugal , in which the British ( taking a more decisive part in aid of a nearer ally ) have acquired immortal glory , has already proved no less disastrous to the French legions than creditable to the ...
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... tion . To this end every good work concurs . As a writer , Buffon is admirable . Historian , orator , painter , and poet , he has embraced every style , and merited , as observed by Vic . d'Azyr , the palm of elo- quence . He employs ...
... tion . To this end every good work concurs . As a writer , Buffon is admirable . Historian , orator , painter , and poet , he has embraced every style , and merited , as observed by Vic . d'Azyr , the palm of elo- quence . He employs ...
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... affairs . He was almost always on the side of opposi- tion , in which he distinguished himself by the energy and warmth of his speeches . Through the long and un- successful struggle between Great Britain and the Co- lonies ,
... affairs . He was almost always on the side of opposi- tion , in which he distinguished himself by the energy and warmth of his speeches . Through the long and un- successful struggle between Great Britain and the Co- lonies ,
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... where he displayed his talents as an architect , in exe- cuting several triumphal arches , when Charles V. en- tered Messina . While in Sicily he devoted his atten- tion to colouring , and produced , among many admi- 12 **
... where he displayed his talents as an architect , in exe- cuting several triumphal arches , when Charles V. en- tered Messina . While in Sicily he devoted his atten- tion to colouring , and produced , among many admi- 12 **
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