Category: Biographies

Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 106,623 words

THE FIRST MEETING OF DANTE AND BEATRICE, _Henry Holiday_ _Frontispiece_ PETRARCH AND LAURA INTRODUCED TO THE EMPEROR AT AVIGNON, _Vacslav Brozik_ 28 A DINNER AT THE HOUSE OF MOLIÈRE AT AUTEUIL, _Georges-Gaston Mélingue_ 58 THE ARREST OF VOLTAIRE AND HIS NIECE BY FREDERICK'S OR...

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1. VOLUME VII.

THE FIRST MEETING OF DANTE AND BEATRICE, _Henry Holiday_ _Frontispiece_ PETRARCH AND LAURA INTRODUCED TO THE EMPEROR AT AVIGNON, _Vacslav Brozik_ 28 A DINNER AT THE HOUSE OF MOL...

2. letter C in its windings in the Brighton meadows before his door, and

ever recalled three friends who had borne that name. One of the masterpieces of the work of his fading years is "Three Friends of Mine," in which he pictures Felton and Agassiz...