Sentences with vertu
ver·tu
V v - [ …] [T]hoſe young Gentlemen of our Times, who have the ſame Ambition to be diſtinguiſhed for Parts. Wit certainly they have nothing to do with. To give them their Due, they ſoar a Step higher than their Predeceſſors, and may be called Men of Wiſdom and Vertù (take heed you do not read Virtue).
- A Catalogue of a Truly Valuable Assemblage of Articles of Virtu of William Chinnery, Esq. Brought from Gillwell, Essex, consisting Principally of a most Choice Collection of Painted Greek Vases of the most Beautiful Shapes and Learned Designs, including the much Celebrated Vase Representing the Death of Patroclus, and a Variety of other Antique and other interesting Marbles. A few Antique Bustos, some fine Bronzes, Articles of Or-Moulu, and Curious Oriental and Seve Porcelain. Which (by Virtue of a Writ of Extent, under the Sheriff,) will be Sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June 3d, 1812, and Following Day, at One o'clock Precisely. [title page]