The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 |
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... talents and his valour to repeated trials . He became , successively , Prætor , Governor of Pannonia , and Consul . Adrian was , in some measure , indebted for his elevation , to the Empress Plotina , to whom he always evinced the ...
... talents and his valour to repeated trials . He became , successively , Prætor , Governor of Pannonia , and Consul . Adrian was , in some measure , indebted for his elevation , to the Empress Plotina , to whom he always evinced the ...
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... skilful in the fine arts , and extended his protection to literature ; although he had the weakness to be envious of those who surpassed , or even equalled , him , in point of talent . Adrian united all the laws that were in force in.
... skilful in the fine arts , and extended his protection to literature ; although he had the weakness to be envious of those who surpassed , or even equalled , him , in point of talent . Adrian united all the laws that were in force in.
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... talents . At twelve years of age he painted the portrait of his grandfather , and at fifteen produced two pictures that , for a considerable time , de- corated the cabinet of the Duke d'Orleans . The chan- cellor Seguier , his patron ...
... talents . At twelve years of age he painted the portrait of his grandfather , and at fifteen produced two pictures that , for a considerable time , de- corated the cabinet of the Duke d'Orleans . The chan- cellor Seguier , his patron ...
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... talent that he discovered in his relation , that he took him into his house , supplied all his wants , and , by his lessons and example , placed him very shortly in a condition of assisting him in his occupations . Not sa- tisfied with ...
... talent that he discovered in his relation , that he took him into his house , supplied all his wants , and , by his lessons and example , placed him very shortly in a condition of assisting him in his occupations . Not sa- tisfied with ...
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... talents , was still de- sirous of the counsel of Lodovico , who , to prevent his abandoning his great undertaking , was compelled to go from Bologna to Rome . After encouraging him by his applause , to proceed in his stupendous work ...
... talents , was still de- sirous of the counsel of Lodovico , who , to prevent his abandoning his great undertaking , was compelled to go from Bologna to Rome . After encouraging him by his applause , to proceed in his stupendous work ...
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