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Page 24
There is a susceptibility in every human heart to the ever - present and
abounding beauties of nature ; and whose fault is it that this taste is not
awakened and directed ? If the poet and the painter cannot bring down their arts
to the level of the ...
There is a susceptibility in every human heart to the ever - present and
abounding beauties of nature ; and whose fault is it that this taste is not
awakened and directed ? If the poet and the painter cannot bring down their arts
to the level of the ...
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The arts of design shared in this flowery and composite taste : on the walls and
on the windows were painted landscapės , scripture subjects , and scenes of
national history : “ In the castles of the great , coloured armorial bearings ,
inclosed in ...
The arts of design shared in this flowery and composite taste : on the walls and
on the windows were painted landscapės , scripture subjects , and scenes of
national history : “ In the castles of the great , coloured armorial bearings ,
inclosed in ...
Page 33
Little , indeed , to gratify the imagination or the taste . Hence the resort to antique
or fancy dresses in individual portraits - and hence , also , the plainness ,
approaching to the ludicrous , in the few historical paintings we have . Every one
must ...
Little , indeed , to gratify the imagination or the taste . Hence the resort to antique
or fancy dresses in individual portraits - and hence , also , the plainness ,
approaching to the ludicrous , in the few historical paintings we have . Every one
must ...
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The breeches , in one age , came but half way down to the knee , and were worn
very tight ; this , when it was the fashion to fuck up the robe about the waist , must
have gratified the taste of such personages as the famous Dutches of Gordon .
The breeches , in one age , came but half way down to the knee , and were worn
very tight ; this , when it was the fashion to fuck up the robe about the waist , must
have gratified the taste of such personages as the famous Dutches of Gordon .
Page 44
... for the lic taste becomes materialized and demands it . “ In Shakspeare's time ,
the ' higher class of spectators , or the gentlemen , took their places on the stage -
seating themselves either on the boards , or on stools which they paid for .
... for the lic taste becomes materialized and demands it . “ In Shakspeare's time ,
the ' higher class of spectators , or the gentlemen , took their places on the stage -
seating themselves either on the boards , or on stools which they paid for .
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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