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Page 167
... attention with which he retouched his pieces , he condescended to make no other answer than that he painted for perpe- tuity . No vanity can more justly incur contempt and indignation than that which boasts of negligence and hurry . For ...
... attention with which he retouched his pieces , he condescended to make no other answer than that he painted for perpe- tuity . No vanity can more justly incur contempt and indignation than that which boasts of negligence and hurry . For ...
Page 185
... attention of the company on his airs of affec- tation . " The power had been possessed in vain if it had never been exerted ; and it was not my custom to let any arts of jocularity remain unemployed . My impatience of applause brought ...
... attention of the company on his airs of affec- tation . " The power had been possessed in vain if it had never been exerted ; and it was not my custom to let any arts of jocularity remain unemployed . My impatience of applause brought ...
Page 195
... attention upon minute elegance , or faults scarcely visible to com- mon observation . The dissonance of a syllable , the recurrence of the same sound , the repetition of a particle , the smallest deviation from propriety , the slightest ...
... attention upon minute elegance , or faults scarcely visible to com- mon observation . The dissonance of a syllable , the recurrence of the same sound , the repetition of a particle , the smallest deviation from propriety , the slightest ...
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the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 3 |
the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 185 |
Anningait and Ajut a Greenland History | 186 |
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