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Page 14
... hands of rude man , had at first been made a succedaneum to nature ; in the hands of ostentatious wealth , it became the means of opposing nature ; and the more it traversed the march of the latter , the more nobility thought its power ...
... hands of rude man , had at first been made a succedaneum to nature ; in the hands of ostentatious wealth , it became the means of opposing nature ; and the more it traversed the march of the latter , the more nobility thought its power ...
Page 23
... though fallen , & with darkness and solitude compassed round , judged that the mistaken and fantastic ornaments he had seen in gardens , were unworthy of the almighty hand that planted the delights of Paradise . He seems 23.
... though fallen , & with darkness and solitude compassed round , judged that the mistaken and fantastic ornaments he had seen in gardens , were unworthy of the almighty hand that planted the delights of Paradise . He seems 23.
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... hand of the blue horizon . Thus dealing in none but the colours of na- ture , and catching its most favourable features , men saw a new creation opening before their eyes . The living landscape was chastened or pol- ished , not ...
... hand of the blue horizon . Thus dealing in none but the colours of na- ture , and catching its most favourable features , men saw a new creation opening before their eyes . The living landscape was chastened or pol- ished , not ...
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