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... taste of gardening • The manner in which the Count rectified his mistake · 9. To Mr. How . After perusing the whole of Count Algarotti's works in the Leghorn edition , and his sentiments concerning them 10. To Mr. NICHOLLS . On the ...
... taste of gardening • The manner in which the Count rectified his mistake · 9. To Mr. How . After perusing the whole of Count Algarotti's works in the Leghorn edition , and his sentiments concerning them 10. To Mr. NICHOLLS . On the ...
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... taste never expects to find in the memoirs of a philosopher , or poet , the same species of entertainment , or information , which he would receive from those of a statesman or general : he expects , however , to be either in- formed or ...
... taste never expects to find in the memoirs of a philosopher , or poet , the same species of entertainment , or information , which he would receive from those of a statesman or general : he expects , however , to be either in- formed or ...
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... taste , and maturity of judg- ment , as would induce one to believe Mr. Wal- pole's phrase not very hyperbolical , who has often asserted to me that , " Gray never was a boy . " In April , 1738 , Mr. West left Christ Church for the ...
... taste , and maturity of judg- ment , as would induce one to believe Mr. Wal- pole's phrase not very hyperbolical , who has often asserted to me that , " Gray never was a boy . " In April , 1738 , Mr. West left Christ Church for the ...
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... taste on this occasion . Such soft , un- meaning stuff about Venus and Cupid , and Peleus and Thetis , and Zephyrs and Dryads , was never read . As for my poor little eclogue it has been condemned and beheaded by our Westminster judges ...
... taste on this occasion . Such soft , un- meaning stuff about Venus and Cupid , and Peleus and Thetis , and Zephyrs and Dryads , was never read . As for my poor little eclogue it has been condemned and beheaded by our Westminster judges ...
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... taste and man- ners in an academical , than a national body ; oc- casioned ( to use a scholastic metaphor ) by that very quick succession of its component parts , which often goes near to destroy its personal iden- tity . Whatever ...
... taste and man- ners in an academical , than a national body ; oc- casioned ( to use a scholastic metaphor ) by that very quick succession of its component parts , which often goes near to destroy its personal iden- tity . Whatever ...
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