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Page 308
... merit inspire ! Imagine a temple marked with the hand of antiquity , solemn as religious awe , adorned with all the magnificence of barbarous profusion , dim windows , fretted pillars , long colonades , and dark cielings . Think then ...
... merit inspire ! Imagine a temple marked with the hand of antiquity , solemn as religious awe , adorned with all the magnificence of barbarous profusion , dim windows , fretted pillars , long colonades , and dark cielings . Think then ...
Page 350
... merit ; the greatness of a Mandarine's retinue being a most certain mark of the superiority of his abilities or virtue . The gentleman who has now passed us , replied my com- panion , has no claims from his own merit to distinction ; he ...
... merit ; the greatness of a Mandarine's retinue being a most certain mark of the superiority of his abilities or virtue . The gentleman who has now passed us , replied my com- panion , has no claims from his own merit to distinction ; he ...
Page 371
... merit does not consist in the piece , but in the manner in which it was done . The painter drew the whole with his foot , and held the pencil between his toes : I bought it at a very great price ; for peculiar merit should ever be ...
... merit does not consist in the piece , but in the manner in which it was done . The painter drew the whole with his foot , and held the pencil between his toes : I bought it at a very great price ; for peculiar merit should ever be ...
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Fresh mortifications or a demonstration that | 80 |
The Family use art which is opposed with still | 91 |
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