The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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Page 11
... lived at a time when it had reached a very low ebb . His figures are uneasy , devoid of dignity and sculpturesque breadth , and his draperies are treated in a manner more suited to painting than sculpture . His excessive striving after ...
... lived at a time when it had reached a very low ebb . His figures are uneasy , devoid of dignity and sculpturesque breadth , and his draperies are treated in a manner more suited to painting than sculpture . His excessive striving after ...
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... lived at the Hotel St Quentin for a time , and once more arranged for himself an equivocal domestic establishment . His mistress , whom towards the close of his life he married after a fashion , was Thérèse le Vasseur , a servant at the ...
... lived at the Hotel St Quentin for a time , and once more arranged for himself an equivocal domestic establishment . His mistress , whom towards the close of his life he married after a fashion , was Thérèse le Vasseur , a servant at the ...
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... lived in the Rue Platière , which is now named after him . But his suspicions of secret enemies grew stronger rather than weaker , and at the beginning of 1778 he was glad to accept the offer of M. de Girardin , a rich financier , and ...
... lived in the Rue Platière , which is now named after him . But his suspicions of secret enemies grew stronger rather than weaker , and at the beginning of 1778 he was glad to accept the offer of M. de Girardin , a rich financier , and ...
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... lived at Benares until his father's death in 1803. After this , he spent about ten years in the East India Company's service , latterly as dewán or head officer in the collection of revenues . During this period he first began to ...
... lived at Benares until his father's death in 1803. After this , he spent about ten years in the East India Company's service , latterly as dewán or head officer in the collection of revenues . During this period he first began to ...
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... lived with his family , from 1573 to 1578 , and here most probably Maria Pypelincx gave birth to Philip , afterwards town - clerk of Antwerp , and Peter Paul . A year after ( May 1578 ) the Antwerp lawyer got leave to return to Cologne ...
... lived with his family , from 1573 to 1578 , and here most probably Maria Pypelincx gave birth to Philip , afterwards town - clerk of Antwerp , and Peter Paul . A year after ( May 1578 ) the Antwerp lawyer got leave to return to Cologne ...
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