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Page 10
... says he , subita velut illati ruris imitatio . Some- thing like a rural view was contrived amidst so much polished composition . But the idea soon vanished , lineal walks immediately enveloped the slight scene , and names and ...
... says he , subita velut illati ruris imitatio . Some- thing like a rural view was contrived amidst so much polished composition . But the idea soon vanished , lineal walks immediately enveloped the slight scene , and names and ...
Page 39
... says he , the proprietor would be led to meditate , as he saunters , on the dif- ferent stages of human life ; and both his expence and thoughts would march in a progression of patriotic acts and reflections . When he was laying out so ...
... says he , the proprietor would be led to meditate , as he saunters , on the dif- ferent stages of human life ; and both his expence and thoughts would march in a progression of patriotic acts and reflections . When he was laying out so ...
Page 64
... says , l'ennui du beau amene le goût du singulier . The noble simplicity of the Augustan age was driven out by false taste . The gigantic , the puerile , the quaint , and at last the barbarous and the monk- ish , had each their ...
... says , l'ennui du beau amene le goût du singulier . The noble simplicity of the Augustan age was driven out by false taste . The gigantic , the puerile , the quaint , and at last the barbarous and the monk- ish , had each their ...
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