Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... Beautiful , and Political Miscellanies . Vol . 2. French Revolution , & c . Vol . 3. Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs ; the Catholic Claims , & c . Vol . 4. On the Affairs of India , and Charge against Warren Hastings . Vol . 5 ...
... Beautiful , and Political Miscellanies . Vol . 2. French Revolution , & c . Vol . 3. Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs ; the Catholic Claims , & c . Vol . 4. On the Affairs of India , and Charge against Warren Hastings . Vol . 5 ...
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... beautiful out- line Engravings . Vol . I. ( Mons . Didron has not yet written the second volume . ) Flaxman's Lectures on Sculpture . Numerous Illustrations . 65 . Gil Blas , The Adventures of . 24 Engravings on Steel , after Smirke ...
... beautiful out- line Engravings . Vol . I. ( Mons . Didron has not yet written the second volume . ) Flaxman's Lectures on Sculpture . Numerous Illustrations . 65 . Gil Blas , The Adventures of . 24 Engravings on Steel , after Smirke ...
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... beautiful castings for the Tabernacle ; and these embellishments were executed for no other purpose than to induce the people to contemplate and admire them . It was from the works seen before the deluge , then , that the pride of man ...
... beautiful castings for the Tabernacle ; and these embellishments were executed for no other purpose than to induce the people to contemplate and admire them . It was from the works seen before the deluge , then , that the pride of man ...
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... beautiful , deriving a much richer portion of her ornaments from foreign paintings and statues , than from those of native production . As , for example , from Rhodes , the capital of a not very extensive island , where more than three ...
... beautiful , deriving a much richer portion of her ornaments from foreign paintings and statues , than from those of native production . As , for example , from Rhodes , the capital of a not very extensive island , where more than three ...
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... beautiful fabric of the world - and the master , that divine light infused into us by special grace , and which has made us not only superior to all other animals , but has exalted us , if it be permitted so to speak , to the similitude ...
... beautiful fabric of the world - and the master , that divine light infused into us by special grace , and which has made us not only superior to all other animals , but has exalted us , if it be permitted so to speak , to the similitude ...
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