The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 |
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... give any just idea of the long and brilliant reign of this distinguished prince . ABAS , the third son of Khodabendeh , ascended the throne of Persia in 1585 , immediately after the death of his brother , Schah Ismaël . He was , at that ...
... give any just idea of the long and brilliant reign of this distinguished prince . ABAS , the third son of Khodabendeh , ascended the throne of Persia in 1585 , immediately after the death of his brother , Schah Ismaël . He was , at that ...
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... give her precedence next to the Queen and his daughter , with a settlement of 3000l . a - year , she accepted of the conditions , and gave her consent to the divorce . The only instance of pride which she betrayed , was in re- fusing to ...
... give her precedence next to the Queen and his daughter , with a settlement of 3000l . a - year , she accepted of the conditions , and gave her consent to the divorce . The only instance of pride which she betrayed , was in re- fusing to ...
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... give a loose to his new attachment . In September , 1532 , he created Boleyn Marchioness of Pembroke , that he might raise her by degrees to the elevation he designed for her ; and on the 25th of January following , he privately ...
... give a loose to his new attachment . In September , 1532 , he created Boleyn Marchioness of Pembroke , that he might raise her by degrees to the elevation he designed for her ; and on the 25th of January following , he privately ...
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... give to the arts a new degree of splendour and elevation . It is well known that this monarch , disgusted with the grotesque compositions of the Flemish painters , took in- finite pleasure in contemplating the paintings of Le Brun ...
... give to the arts a new degree of splendour and elevation . It is well known that this monarch , disgusted with the grotesque compositions of the Flemish painters , took in- finite pleasure in contemplating the paintings of Le Brun ...
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... give his son an excellent education . The young man follow- ed his taste for the fine arts ; was for some time upon his travels , and , after having studied the works of Julio Romano , Parmigiano , Correggio , and the Venetian pain ...
... give his son an excellent education . The young man follow- ed his taste for the fine arts ; was for some time upon his travels , and , after having studied the works of Julio Romano , Parmigiano , Correggio , and the Venetian pain ...
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