The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Հատոր 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... afterwards chosen to command the Athenian troops . He van- quished Mardonius , the lieutenant of the Persian mo- narch , at the battle of Platea . This great action is the only memorable exploit which history has preserved of him . A ...
... afterwards chosen to command the Athenian troops . He van- quished Mardonius , the lieutenant of the Persian mo- narch , at the battle of Platea . This great action is the only memorable exploit which history has preserved of him . A ...
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... afterwards commander in chief over the same army . In the winter of the same year he married the widow of Alexander Beauharnois , who brought him , it is said , as a portion , the command over the army in Italy , then opposed to the ...
... afterwards commander in chief over the same army . In the winter of the same year he married the widow of Alexander Beauharnois , who brought him , it is said , as a portion , the command over the army in Italy , then opposed to the ...
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... afterwards added several volumes more by way of supplement . He published successively the different parts of his Natural History . In 1771 , his " History of Birds , " and in 1779 , he be- gan the History of Minerals . He adopted this ...
... afterwards added several volumes more by way of supplement . He published successively the different parts of his Natural History . In 1771 , his " History of Birds , " and in 1779 , he be- gan the History of Minerals . He adopted this ...
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... afterwards . The Earl of Chesterfield , whose accomplishments were of the most brilliant kind , left behind him several essays on politics and philosophy , which are esteemed , although the principles he has advanced are not gene- rally ...
... afterwards . The Earl of Chesterfield , whose accomplishments were of the most brilliant kind , left behind him several essays on politics and philosophy , which are esteemed , although the principles he has advanced are not gene- rally ...
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... afterwards dismissed . On her return to Paris she lived in obscurity , and died on the thirty - first of January 1803 , at the age of 84 . Mademoiselle Clairon carried to a ridiculous ex- tent the high opinion which she entertained of ...
... afterwards dismissed . On her return to Paris she lived in obscurity , and died on the thirty - first of January 1803 , at the age of 84 . Mademoiselle Clairon carried to a ridiculous ex- tent the high opinion which she entertained of ...
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