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Page 101
... proper sense . The Chinese and most of the eastern races have a warm but inappropriate fancy . The Scotch are poor decorists . The Dutch have , perhaps , an indeterminate idea that a curtain is not a cabbage . In Spain they are all ...
... proper sense . The Chinese and most of the eastern races have a warm but inappropriate fancy . The Scotch are poor decorists . The Dutch have , perhaps , an indeterminate idea that a curtain is not a cabbage . In Spain they are all ...
Page 103
... proper quantum , as well as the proper adjustment , depending upon the character of the general effect . ― Carpets are better understood of late than of ancient days , but we still very frequently err in their patterns and colours . The ...
... proper quantum , as well as the proper adjustment , depending upon the character of the general effect . ― Carpets are better understood of late than of ancient days , but we still very frequently err in their patterns and colours . The ...
Page 264
... proper understand- ing of the danger of lockjaw , would make the attempt of twisting his mouth into the shape necessary for the emission of such spondees as parents , " or such dactyls as " cleaned and the " and " loved ones of ? " 66 ...
... proper understand- ing of the danger of lockjaw , would make the attempt of twisting his mouth into the shape necessary for the emission of such spondees as parents , " or such dactyls as " cleaned and the " and " loved ones of ? " 66 ...
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