The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... to secure his power by professing a desire for peace . With this view he wrote letters to the Emperors of Germany and Russia , and to the King of England ; which , as deserting the regular forms of diplomatic proceeding.
... to secure his power by professing a desire for peace . With this view he wrote letters to the Emperors of Germany and Russia , and to the King of England ; which , as deserting the regular forms of diplomatic proceeding.
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... England and Austria , in which Russia soon after took a part . But the renewal of hostilities , while it added to the ag- grandizement of the French nation , tended to confirm Buonaparte ( whom we are now to consider as emperor of the ...
... England and Austria , in which Russia soon after took a part . But the renewal of hostilities , while it added to the ag- grandizement of the French nation , tended to confirm Buonaparte ( whom we are now to consider as emperor of the ...
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... England , augmented by the memorable victory off Trafalgar , and ( from circumstances upon which it is unnecessary to dwell ) much serious oppo- sition in a quarter the most hopeless and unexpected . The Spanish nation , the ancient and ...
... England , augmented by the memorable victory off Trafalgar , and ( from circumstances upon which it is unnecessary to dwell ) much serious oppo- sition in a quarter the most hopeless and unexpected . The Spanish nation , the ancient and ...
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... England , the eyes of Europe have long been fixed . Should success attend the lawless projects of Buona- parte , he can reap , after what has passed , no honour in the contest . Should he fail , neither the splendour of his alliance ...
... England , the eyes of Europe have long been fixed . Should success attend the lawless projects of Buona- parte , he can reap , after what has passed , no honour in the contest . Should he fail , neither the splendour of his alliance ...
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... England , where he remained three months . At this period his travels and his youth ended . The first literary labours of Buffon , which he published , were translations of some English works . Hales's Vegetable Statics in 1735 , and of ...
... England , where he remained three months . At this period his travels and his youth ended . The first literary labours of Buffon , which he published , were translations of some English works . Hales's Vegetable Statics in 1735 , and of ...
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