The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 13
Notwithstanding the decided advantages of oil - painting in solidity of colour , and , in some measure , the certainty of execution , painters have more or less complained of the irregular drying of the colours , the difficulty of ...
Notwithstanding the decided advantages of oil - painting in solidity of colour , and , in some measure , the certainty of execution , painters have more or less complained of the irregular drying of the colours , the difficulty of ...
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On the other hand when the linnen is sized , although less weight of paint is employed and the linnen does not rot , yet the picture is liable to crack and even to fall off in scales , especially when affected by alternate moisture and ...
On the other hand when the linnen is sized , although less weight of paint is employed and the linnen does not rot , yet the picture is liable to crack and even to fall off in scales , especially when affected by alternate moisture and ...
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Nor is he less amenable for quoting the opinion of Mr. Martin , uttered a ago , " that the air is a fluid sui generis , ” were the originator recalled into existence , he would blush to repeat it after the slighest review of the ...
Nor is he less amenable for quoting the opinion of Mr. Martin , uttered a ago , " that the air is a fluid sui generis , ” were the originator recalled into existence , he would blush to repeat it after the slighest review of the ...
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I hope the author will excuse these hints , and that they will induce him in future to read more , and write less . more erroneous . e RHETORIC - FOR THE PORT FOLIO . LECTURE XII , REMARKS , & c . 2.1.
I hope the author will excuse these hints , and that they will induce him in future to read more , and write less . more erroneous . e RHETORIC - FOR THE PORT FOLIO . LECTURE XII , REMARKS , & c . 2.1.
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If one who gives a dinner is scant of provisions , he makes no scruple to borrow a joint of , meat , and ( what is frequently less convenient to the lender DESCRIPTION OF NANTUCKET . 39.
If one who gives a dinner is scant of provisions , he makes no scruple to borrow a joint of , meat , and ( what is frequently less convenient to the lender DESCRIPTION OF NANTUCKET . 39.
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