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... when the surviving relatives are to be flattered or offended by the portion of respect paid to the objects of their harmless vanity ; the biographer must be possessed of more courage than discretion , who deals out.
... when the surviving relatives are to be flattered or offended by the portion of respect paid to the objects of their harmless vanity ; the biographer must be possessed of more courage than discretion , who deals out.
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... foibles - he flattered himself that he possessed talents for nice disquisition ; he was , besides , very disputatious and irascible ; -and , like the dwarf of Sterne , would have seized the tallest offending grenadier by the tail ...
... foibles - he flattered himself that he possessed talents for nice disquisition ; he was , besides , very disputatious and irascible ; -and , like the dwarf of Sterne , would have seized the tallest offending grenadier by the tail ...
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The admirers of cultivated art will find him most varied and beautiful at this period , as his works strengthened and enriched by the study of Reubens , still possessed a uniformity of character , which , if not so simple as his first ...
The admirers of cultivated art will find him most varied and beautiful at this period , as his works strengthened and enriched by the study of Reubens , still possessed a uniformity of character , which , if not so simple as his first ...
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Contents
Affaires dEspagne Nos 1 to 5 Confédération | 1 |
Reliques of Robert Burns consisting chiefly of original | 19 |
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born | 36 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Quarterly review Volume 1 of The Quarterly Review |
| Contributor | Aborigines' Friends' Association (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Publisher | Aborigines' Friends' Association, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Jan 2008 |
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