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Page 60
... surprise the stranger , soon lose their charms to their sur- feited master . The lake that floats the valley is still more lifeless , and its lord seldom enjoys his expence but when he shows it to a visitor . But the ornament whose ...
... surprise the stranger , soon lose their charms to their sur- feited master . The lake that floats the valley is still more lifeless , and its lord seldom enjoys his expence but when he shows it to a visitor . But the ornament whose ...
Page 65
... surprise , they were indeed tricks that would not bear repetition ; but , being in- tended to improve the landscape , are no more to be condemned because common , than they would be if employed by a painter in the com- position of a ...
... surprise , they were indeed tricks that would not bear repetition ; but , being in- tended to improve the landscape , are no more to be condemned because common , than they would be if employed by a painter in the com- position of a ...
Page 65
... surprise , they were indeed tricks that would not bear repetition ; but , being in- tended to improve the landscape , are no more to be condemned because common , than they would be if employed by a painter in the com- position of a ...
... surprise , they were indeed tricks that would not bear repetition ; but , being in- tended to improve the landscape , are no more to be condemned because common , than they would be if employed by a painter in the com- position of a ...
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