The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches: Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, المجلد 2J. Williams, 1839 |
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الصفحة 491
... soon reverted to a proper estimate of that superior master's excellence , always undervalued his rival . Fuseli's performances soon began to rise into high repute : he protracted his residence at Rome to the length of seven or eight ...
... soon reverted to a proper estimate of that superior master's excellence , always undervalued his rival . Fuseli's performances soon began to rise into high repute : he protracted his residence at Rome to the length of seven or eight ...
الصفحة 499
... soon after set out on an excursion to London . This journey , which took place early in the year 1736 , has been ordinarily represented as a mere speculative adventure upon the part of the one and the other ; but whatever may have been ...
... soon after set out on an excursion to London . This journey , which took place early in the year 1736 , has been ordinarily represented as a mere speculative adventure upon the part of the one and the other ; but whatever may have been ...
الصفحة 501
... soon adjusted : a renewal of the patent was solicited and obtain- ed ; Lacy undertook to direct the general property , while Garrick managed the stage ; and the house opened under auspicious cir- cumstances , with the best of prologues ...
... soon adjusted : a renewal of the patent was solicited and obtain- ed ; Lacy undertook to direct the general property , while Garrick managed the stage ; and the house opened under auspicious cir- cumstances , with the best of prologues ...
الصفحة 502
... soon exalted the theatre to a flourishing state . Of the means by which this end was attained , his own dramatic compositions formed no mean por- tion : of them , therefore , it may be proper to treat here . His first essay was the ...
... soon exalted the theatre to a flourishing state . Of the means by which this end was attained , his own dramatic compositions formed no mean por- tion : of them , therefore , it may be proper to treat here . His first essay was the ...
الصفحة 513
... soon blasted : Queen Anne died , the House of Hanover succeeded to the throne ; and , as Gay had chosen his friends from among the dependants of the Stuarts , there appeared at first no prospect of success for his ambition under the new ...
... soon blasted : Queen Anne died , the House of Hanover succeeded to the throne ; and , as Gay had chosen his friends from among the dependants of the Stuarts , there appeared at first no prospect of success for his ambition under the new ...
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