The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 |
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... persons in the empire . Many senators were destined to share the same fate , but Anto- ninus apprising them of their danger , they kept them- selves concealed until the death of Adrian , which hap- pened at Baiæ , in Campania , in the ...
... persons in the empire . Many senators were destined to share the same fate , but Anto- ninus apprising them of their danger , they kept them- selves concealed until the death of Adrian , which hap- pened at Baiæ , in Campania , in the ...
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... person whom he intended to honour with his hand . Unwilling this time to bestow it on a subject , he rather wished to select some foreign Princess , whose birth should be nearer his own , and by means of whose alliance , his affairs ...
... person whom he intended to honour with his hand . Unwilling this time to bestow it on a subject , he rather wished to select some foreign Princess , whose birth should be nearer his own , and by means of whose alliance , his affairs ...
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... person of his bride , he went privately to Rochester , where he could examine her unobserved , and unknown ; but his expectations were cruelly damped - he found her tall , indeed , and her proportions were as striking ENGLAND . ] ANNE ...
... person of his bride , he went privately to Rochester , where he could examine her unobserved , and unknown ; but his expectations were cruelly damped - he found her tall , indeed , and her proportions were as striking ENGLAND . ] ANNE ...
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... persons , chuse for themselves , but must receive their wives from the judgment and fancy of others . He was indeed so disgusted with his choice , that he deliberated in council , whether the match should not be dissolved , and Anne ...
... persons , chuse for themselves , but must receive their wives from the judgment and fancy of others . He was indeed so disgusted with his choice , that he deliberated in council , whether the match should not be dissolved , and Anne ...
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... persons , chuse for themselves , but must receive their wives from the judgment and fancy of others . ) He was indeed so disgusted with his choice , that he deliberated in council , whether the match should not be dissolved , and Anne ...
... persons , chuse for themselves , but must receive their wives from the judgment and fancy of others . ) He was indeed so disgusted with his choice , that he deliberated in council , whether the match should not be dissolved , and Anne ...
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