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... particular word to express it ; and where they find it hit their eye at first sight , they say the sharawadgi is fine or is admirable , or any such expression of esteem - but I should hardly advise any of these attempts in the figure of ...
... particular word to express it ; and where they find it hit their eye at first sight , they say the sharawadgi is fine or is admirable , or any such expression of esteem - but I should hardly advise any of these attempts in the figure of ...
Page 59
... particular form a very ungraceful summit , all broken into angles . Sir Henry Englefield was one of the first improvers on the new style , and selected with singular taste that chief beauty of all gardens , prospect 59.
... particular form a very ungraceful summit , all broken into angles . Sir Henry Englefield was one of the first improvers on the new style , and selected with singular taste that chief beauty of all gardens , prospect 59.
Page 65
... reign here on its verdant throne , original by its elegant simplicity , and proud of no other * In particular , he inverted the volutes of the Ionic order . art than that of softening nature's harshnesses and copying her 64.
... reign here on its verdant throne , original by its elegant simplicity , and proud of no other * In particular , he inverted the volutes of the Ionic order . art than that of softening nature's harshnesses and copying her 64.
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