The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volumen6Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 |
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... superior powers , C. Julius Cæsar , even from his earliest years , had aspired to the eminent station which he afterwards attained . Seized with the fever of ambition , at an age when most men have no pursuit but that of pleasure and ...
... superior powers , C. Julius Cæsar , even from his earliest years , had aspired to the eminent station which he afterwards attained . Seized with the fever of ambition , at an age when most men have no pursuit but that of pleasure and ...
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... superior to both . He was accustomed to speak in praise of himself without either moderation or reserve . This excessive pride , which influenced his conversation , made him also guilty of too many inconsistencies , in his public ...
... superior to both . He was accustomed to speak in praise of himself without either moderation or reserve . This excessive pride , which influenced his conversation , made him also guilty of too many inconsistencies , in his public ...
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... superior to Fontenelle in the only point in which he can be compared to him — the extent and the variety of his knowledge - Condorcet was capable of judging of his talent , and of the circumstances in which he found himself , and was ...
... superior to Fontenelle in the only point in which he can be compared to him — the extent and the variety of his knowledge - Condorcet was capable of judging of his talent , and of the circumstances in which he found himself , and was ...
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... seduced him . Danton was greatly his superior in courage and in politics . He was equal to him in popularity , and only yielded to him in running and hypocrisy . : St Aubin , pinx . 6 DOLOMIEU . George DANTON . [ FRANCE .
... seduced him . Danton was greatly his superior in courage and in politics . He was equal to him in popularity , and only yielded to him in running and hypocrisy . : St Aubin , pinx . 6 DOLOMIEU . George DANTON . [ FRANCE .
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... superior to the emotions of his soul , he knew how to be what policy required . Impenetrable in his de- signs , he saw into those of others . He appeared only to labour for the public good , and we are indebted to him for many wise laws ...
... superior to the emotions of his soul , he knew how to be what policy required . Impenetrable in his de- signs , he saw into those of others . He appeared only to labour for the public good , and we are indebted to him for many wise laws ...
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