The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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To France , in the days of Henry the Fourth , we might recur , in a spirit of gallantry , for an illustration of the finest forms of Beauty and of Grace . But these lovely shapes , however flitting and evanescent , can still be ...
To France , in the days of Henry the Fourth , we might recur , in a spirit of gallantry , for an illustration of the finest forms of Beauty and of Grace . But these lovely shapes , however flitting and evanescent , can still be ...
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... of the imperfection of our knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave , and afforded him an uninterrupted serenity of mind frequently suffusing his countenance with a glow of heavenly beauty .
... of the imperfection of our knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave , and afforded him an uninterrupted serenity of mind frequently suffusing his countenance with a glow of heavenly beauty .
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It has the transparency o ! miniature , enough of the mellowness of crayon and the facility of distemper : with a superior preservation to either . In oil painting the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of 14 CORRESPONDENCE .
It has the transparency o ! miniature , enough of the mellowness of crayon and the facility of distemper : with a superior preservation to either . In oil painting the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of 14 CORRESPONDENCE .
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ing the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of white and the light tints which , in wax remain unchanged during any length of time . Cloths prepared for oil - painting arc heavy from the quantity of white - lead spread on them ...
ing the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of white and the light tints which , in wax remain unchanged during any length of time . Cloths prepared for oil - painting arc heavy from the quantity of white - lead spread on them ...
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Order , or regularity of arrangement and symmetry constitute the foundation of beauty as much in intellectual as in material productions , and the exercise of skill in the construction of an oration or poem , is as essential to its ...
Order , or regularity of arrangement and symmetry constitute the foundation of beauty as much in intellectual as in material productions , and the exercise of skill in the construction of an oration or poem , is as essential to its ...
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