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... licenses are allowable in this kind of painting than in any other , yet care must be taken to keep them within due bounds . If carried too far , or beyond the comprehension of any save the 22 Thoughts on Landscape - Painting .
... licenses are allowable in this kind of painting than in any other , yet care must be taken to keep them within due bounds . If carried too far , or beyond the comprehension of any save the 22 Thoughts on Landscape - Painting .
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... taken as an almost invariable rule , that the colouring of the classic landscape should be much more tender and retiring than the colouring of the heroic landscape . Very deep , decided , and powerful colours appear to be out of ...
... taken as an almost invariable rule , that the colouring of the classic landscape should be much more tender and retiring than the colouring of the heroic landscape . Very deep , decided , and powerful colours appear to be out of ...
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... taken her departure , that a mouldering bastion announced our arrival at fair Padua , nursery of arts , " 66 where Livy was born ; where Goldsmith sojourned ; and where lived Katherine , " the Shrew , " ere Petruchio took her into ...
... taken her departure , that a mouldering bastion announced our arrival at fair Padua , nursery of arts , " 66 where Livy was born ; where Goldsmith sojourned ; and where lived Katherine , " the Shrew , " ere Petruchio took her into ...
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... taken them away , which if he did not do after a certain time , I was to have disposed of them as I thought proper . This I had from him in a letter , the last , I believe , he every wrote . " My employment for a time was now before me ...
... taken them away , which if he did not do after a certain time , I was to have disposed of them as I thought proper . This I had from him in a letter , the last , I believe , he every wrote . " My employment for a time was now before me ...
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... taken root among us , and already brought forth fruits in this branch of civilization , which give us a right to enter into a generous competi- tion with other countries . By the manner in which they have distin- guished themselves ...
... taken root among us , and already brought forth fruits in this branch of civilization , which give us a right to enter into a generous competi- tion with other countries . By the manner in which they have distin- guished themselves ...
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