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Word: nobleman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...student who is called upon to write is scarcely better off than the one who "cuts," for the former is to all intents and purposes absent. If the course is history, and the family name of some nobleman is given which without doubt is very necessary to a clear understanding of English politics, he is too absorbed in his writing to hear it, and thus that important fact is lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND QUERIES. | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...next in excellence of reproduction, the portrait from Van Dyck's Iconographia must be mentioned. It is wonderful that such success has been attained with an etching. Here we have what Van Dyck alone can give us, - the real nobleman. Durer's portrait of his old patron, Pirkheimer, is hardly less valuable than the foregoing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRAY HELIOTYPES. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

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