The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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Pagina 52
... Italy . In an unfortunate moment , he resolved to gratify that inclination . Three months before his decease , and at a very inauspicious season , he went to Rome . Instantly becoming ill , his physician , Dr. Clarke , peremptorily ...
... Italy . In an unfortunate moment , he resolved to gratify that inclination . Three months before his decease , and at a very inauspicious season , he went to Rome . Instantly becoming ill , his physician , Dr. Clarke , peremptorily ...
Pagina 62
... Italy and other parts of continental Europe ; but these , unfortunately for the world , were lost . He however made several improvements , though by no means to the extent which he had contem- plated , in the edition of this essay which ...
... Italy and other parts of continental Europe ; but these , unfortunately for the world , were lost . He however made several improvements , though by no means to the extent which he had contem- plated , in the edition of this essay which ...
Pagina 69
... Italy , was of course included ; but his colleagues of the Institute presented a memorial to the Convention , solicit- ing permission for him to remain at Paris , as he was then en- gaged in experiments of the greatest importance to the ...
... Italy , was of course included ; but his colleagues of the Institute presented a memorial to the Convention , solicit- ing permission for him to remain at Paris , as he was then en- gaged in experiments of the greatest importance to the ...
Pagina 92
... Italians . ' Nothing can be finer than the opening of the story . An Englishman on his travels , walking through a ... Italy . His companion then points to a confessional in an obscure aisle of the church . There , ' says he , in that ...
... Italians . ' Nothing can be finer than the opening of the story . An Englishman on his travels , walking through a ... Italy . His companion then points to a confessional in an obscure aisle of the church . There , ' says he , in that ...
Pagina 96
... Italians . " The real amount did not exceed 8007 . - The unrivalled force and richness with which Mrs. Rad- cliffe depicted the countries , Italy , Switzerland , and the South of France , in which the scene of her principal ro- mances ...
... Italians . " The real amount did not exceed 8007 . - The unrivalled force and richness with which Mrs. Rad- cliffe depicted the countries , Italy , Switzerland , and the South of France , in which the scene of her principal ro- mances ...
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