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Page 43
... Nature ; and thus it is that it becomes hard to draw the line of praise between some of his pictures and some of those by Gains- borough , and to say which are the best . Gainsborough was no academician ; he did not believe in ...
... Nature ; and thus it is that it becomes hard to draw the line of praise between some of his pictures and some of those by Gains- borough , and to say which are the best . Gainsborough was no academician ; he did not believe in ...
Page 329
... natural phenomena for the sake of the pleasing variety of aspects they present , for the delight of collecting curious specimens , for the exercise of in- genuity in detecting the secret methods of Nature , for the gratification of ...
... natural phenomena for the sake of the pleasing variety of aspects they present , for the delight of collecting curious specimens , for the exercise of in- genuity in detecting the secret methods of Nature , for the gratification of ...
Page 380
... nature . He detaches from their relations certain doctrines of Calvinism which espe- cially interest him , and so emphasizes and intensifies them , so blends them with his personal being and experience , that the impression he stamps ...
... nature . He detaches from their relations certain doctrines of Calvinism which espe- cially interest him , and so emphasizes and intensifies them , so blends them with his personal being and experience , that the impression he stamps ...
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Chartists Complaint the | 47 |
Epigram on J M 846 | 62 |
Abbé de lEpée the 700 | 94 |
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