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... seen in the country where they go , what acquaintances they are to seek , what exercises or dis- cipline the place yieldeth ; for else young men shall go hooded , and look abroad little . It is a strange thing , that in sea voyages ...
... seen in the country where they go , what acquaintances they are to seek , what exercises or dis- cipline the place yieldeth ; for else young men shall go hooded , and look abroad little . It is a strange thing , that in sea voyages ...
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... seen , they fancy themselves qualified to paint the ideas which they have not seen . But it is possible to fail in this latter and more difficult style of imitation , as well as in the former humbler one . The detection , it is true ...
... seen , they fancy themselves qualified to paint the ideas which they have not seen . But it is possible to fail in this latter and more difficult style of imitation , as well as in the former humbler one . The detection , it is true ...
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... seen his fat Silenus ? The master himself could not paint better . And his altar - piece at St. Bavon's ? He can paint you anything , that Jordaens can - a drunken jollification of boors and doxies , or a martyr howling with half his ...
... seen his fat Silenus ? The master himself could not paint better . And his altar - piece at St. Bavon's ? He can paint you anything , that Jordaens can - a drunken jollification of boors and doxies , or a martyr howling with half his ...
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Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |