A new general biographical dictionary, projected and partly arranged by H.J. Rose, المجلد 21857 - 1857 من الصفحات |
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... painted for his admission - picture a large composition , representing the Fall of the Giants . He also made a copy of the Martyrdom of St. Stephen , after Cigoli , which he sold for one hundred ducats . During his six years ' residence ...
... painted for his admission - picture a large composition , representing the Fall of the Giants . He also made a copy of the Martyrdom of St. Stephen , after Cigoli , which he sold for one hundred ducats . During his six years ' residence ...
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... painted by Mignard , was also engraved by him ; and the crown of precious stones , with which Louis XV . was crowned , Oct. 25 , 1722 . He worked chiefly with the graver in a thin feeble style , without effect ; he was also very ...
... painted by Mignard , was also engraved by him ; and the crown of precious stones , with which Louis XV . was crowned , Oct. 25 , 1722 . He worked chiefly with the graver in a thin feeble style , without effect ; he was also very ...
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... painted history and portraits , and was also admired for the landscapes he intro- duced into his works . In the church of La Magdalena at Madrid , are two pic- tures by him , which are favourably spoken of by Palomino , representing the ...
... painted history and portraits , and was also admired for the landscapes he intro- duced into his works . In the church of La Magdalena at Madrid , are two pic- tures by him , which are favourably spoken of by Palomino , representing the ...
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... painted twelve pictures of views in the same city , with its convents , churches , and other public buildings , which he engraved on as many blocks of wood . These prints are rare , but are still to be found in the collections of the ...
... painted twelve pictures of views in the same city , with its convents , churches , and other public buildings , which he engraved on as many blocks of wood . These prints are rare , but are still to be found in the collections of the ...
الصفحة 37
... most admirable works . His extraordinary genius , and his general accomplishments , secured him the patronage of Alexander the Great , whose portrait he painted enrolled as a citizen , in conjunction with his friend 37 APA APE.
... most admirable works . His extraordinary genius , and his general accomplishments , secured him the patronage of Alexander the Great , whose portrait he painted enrolled as a citizen , in conjunction with his friend 37 APA APE.
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الصفحة 464 - Lord on the other side had a settled opinion, that the Queen could be brought to nothing but by a kind of necessity and authority; and I well remember, when by violent courses at any time he had got his will, he would ask me: Now Sir, whose principles be true?
الصفحة 258 - Then they did put me on the rack, because I confessed no ladies or gentlewomen to be of my opinion, and thereon they kept me a long time ; and because I lay still, and did not cry, my lord Chancellor and Master Rich took pains to rack me with their own hands, till I was nigh dead.
الصفحة 375 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
الصفحة 168 - That God, from all eternity, determined to bestow salvation on those whom he foresaw would persevere unto the end in their faith in Christ Jesus; and to inflict everlasting punishments on those who should continue in their unbelief, and resist, unto the end, his divine succours.
الصفحة 462 - My Lord, I see I must be your homager, and hold land of your gift ; but do you know the manner of doing homage in law ? always it is with a saving of his faith to the King and his other Lords ; and therefore, my Lord (said I), I can be no more yours than I was, and it must be with the ancient savings : and if I grow to be a rich man, you will give me leave to give it back to some of your unrewarded followers.
الصفحة 14 - At the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth centuries...
الصفحة 472 - I am, there are more doubts that rise upon our statutes, which are a text law, than upon the common law, which is no text law. But, howsoever that question be determined, I dare not advise to cast the law into a new mould. The work, which I propound, tendeth to pruning and grafting the law, and not to ploughing up and planting it again ; for such a remove I should hold indeed for a perilous innovation.
الصفحة 83 - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit, a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.
الصفحة 240 - Dec.l , 1 750, and Doctor of Medicine, July 3, 1754. He commenced practice at Birmingham, and was appointed physician to the General Hospital of that populous town, obtained great reputation, and had a very extensive practice. After many years of professional toil, he removed to London. He had been admitted a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and a fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. He made a tour in...
الصفحة 38 - It : and at that moment a horse, passing by, neighed at the horse which was represented in the piece, supposing it to be alive ; upon which the painter said, " One would imagine that the horse is a better judge of painting than your Majesty.