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James Bruce. BIB Schy NDON : and Co. , 13 , Poland Street . PREFACE . I BELIEVE that there are not many persons.
James Bruce. BIB Schy NDON : and Co. , 13 , Poland Street . PREFACE . I BELIEVE that there are not many persons.
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James Bruce. PREFACE . I BELIEVE that there are not many persons who read biography with interest , who have not felt a desire for a more intimate personal ac- quaintance , as it may be called , than is usually afforded them with those ...
James Bruce. PREFACE . I BELIEVE that there are not many persons who read biography with interest , who have not felt a desire for a more intimate personal ac- quaintance , as it may be called , than is usually afforded them with those ...
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... persons is heightened by the consideration that these personal matters influenced the destinies of nations and of the world . The history of the Roman empire might now exhibit a wholly different aspect from what it vi PREFACE .
... persons is heightened by the consideration that these personal matters influenced the destinies of nations and of the world . The history of the Roman empire might now exhibit a wholly different aspect from what it vi PREFACE .
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... private habits and tastes of some of the most distinguished persons whose names figure on the page of history , as collected from every source available to me , and separated as far as possible from the often - told histories PREFACE . vii.
... private habits and tastes of some of the most distinguished persons whose names figure on the page of history , as collected from every source available to me , and separated as far as possible from the often - told histories PREFACE . vii.
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... persons but those whose names are famous enough to be familiar to all but the entirely illiterate . The Abbate Lanzi , in his History of Painting , justly reproves Vasari and others of his predecessors for giving their readers full ...
... persons but those whose names are famous enough to be familiar to all but the entirely illiterate . The Abbate Lanzi , in his History of Painting , justly reproves Vasari and others of his predecessors for giving their readers full ...
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