Chalcographimania; Or, The Portrait-collector and Printseller's Chronicle: With Infatuations of Every Description. A Humorous Poem. In Four Books. With Copious Notes ExplanatoryR.S. Kirby, 1814 - 212 strán (strany) |
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... Personage best calculated to patronize this playful ebul- lition of my Hudibrastic Muse , which is solely intended to act as an whole- some corrective to individuals , whose b faculties , diametrically opposite to your own , possess no.
... Personage best calculated to patronize this playful ebul- lition of my Hudibrastic Muse , which is solely intended to act as an whole- some corrective to individuals , whose b faculties , diametrically opposite to your own , possess no.
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... personage , concerning whom more will be said in the progress of the poem , is very justly esteemed one of the best judges of old portraits now living . ( k ) As it is more than probable that this volume may fall into the hands of many ...
... personage , concerning whom more will be said in the progress of the poem , is very justly esteemed one of the best judges of old portraits now living . ( k ) As it is more than probable that this volume may fall into the hands of many ...
Strana 24
... personage handed down to posterity , as the original discoverer of engraving , which is said to owe its origin to one of the following circumstances , though the latter appears to me as being by far the most natural , and consequently ...
... personage handed down to posterity , as the original discoverer of engraving , which is said to owe its origin to one of the following circumstances , though the latter appears to me as being by far the most natural , and consequently ...
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... personage also paid nearly fifty pounds at Graves's sale for an equestrian print , representing the Earl of Oxford and Lord Southampton on horseback . ( a ) This specimen of typography , of which there are only two copies existing , was ...
... personage also paid nearly fifty pounds at Graves's sale for an equestrian print , representing the Earl of Oxford and Lord Southampton on horseback . ( a ) This specimen of typography , of which there are only two copies existing , was ...
Strana 49
... personage now before us , who owes his origin to a very expert parent , is the most classical of our auctioneering fraternity , having been gifted with scholastic education , that has inducted him to a knowledge of the Greek and Roman ...
... personage now before us , who owes his origin to a very expert parent , is the most classical of our auctioneering fraternity , having been gifted with scholastic education , that has inducted him to a knowledge of the Greek and Roman ...
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