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... edition of six hundred copies . The delay , as Walpole explained , was due to his un- willingness to offend certain living artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome ...
... edition of six hundred copies . The delay , as Walpole explained , was due to his un- willingness to offend certain living artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome ...
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... edition has been followed in all subsequent editions , including the present . The third appearance of the Essay ( in 1785 ) was its most splendid one , and gave Walpole as much trouble and , on the whole , pleasure , as any of his editions ...
... edition has been followed in all subsequent editions , including the present . The third appearance of the Essay ( in 1785 ) was its most splendid one , and gave Walpole as much trouble and , on the whole , pleasure , as any of his editions ...
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... edition of Walpole's Works , 1798 , Vol . II , where , with the original title ' On Modern Gar- dening ' it was ... edition was revised and supplemented in 1849 by Ralph N. Wornum who squeezed the contents into three ugly volumes with ...
... edition of Walpole's Works , 1798 , Vol . II , where , with the original title ' On Modern Gar- dening ' it was ... edition was revised and supplemented in 1849 by Ralph N. Wornum who squeezed the contents into three ugly volumes with ...
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