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Page 37
... TRUE IDEA OF BEAUTY DISCOURSING in my last letter on the different practice of the Italian and Dutch painters , I observed , that ' the Italian painter attends only to the invariable , the great and general ideas which are fixed and ...
... TRUE IDEA OF BEAUTY DISCOURSING in my last letter on the different practice of the Italian and Dutch painters , I observed , that ' the Italian painter attends only to the invariable , the great and general ideas which are fixed and ...
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... true and open votaries of idleness , for whom she weaves the garlands of poppies , and into whose cup she pours the waters of oblivion ; who exist in a state of unruffled stupidity , forgetting and forgotten ; who have THE TRUE IDEA OF ...
... true and open votaries of idleness , for whom she weaves the garlands of poppies , and into whose cup she pours the waters of oblivion ; who exist in a state of unruffled stupidity , forgetting and forgotten ; who have THE TRUE IDEA OF ...
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... true fame in spite of the cavils and contra- dictions of the critics . I am no friend to repeating watches . The only pleasant association I have with them is the account given by Rousseau of some French lady who sat up reading the New ...
... true fame in spite of the cavils and contra- dictions of the critics . I am no friend to repeating watches . The only pleasant association I have with them is the account given by Rousseau of some French lady who sat up reading the New ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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