The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: In Thirteen Volumes, Volume 14John Stockdale, 1788 |
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... beauty , fimplicity , and energy of the original , which the former , by a more close and judicious verfion , has conftantly , and surprisingly dif played . Something like this we ventured to hint in our note upon thefe two noble ...
... beauty , fimplicity , and energy of the original , which the former , by a more close and judicious verfion , has conftantly , and surprisingly dif played . Something like this we ventured to hint in our note upon thefe two noble ...
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... beauty to which it arrived under the care of Vitruvius , in the reign of the emperor Auguftus ; and all that delicacy it received from the labours of Apollodorus , who erected the remarkable Trajan column , fubfifting to this day fo ...
... beauty to which it arrived under the care of Vitruvius , in the reign of the emperor Auguftus ; and all that delicacy it received from the labours of Apollodorus , who erected the remarkable Trajan column , fubfifting to this day fo ...
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... folidity nor beauty , and are ftill admired by the greatest architects , upon account of fome general proportions remarkable in them . 1 The The modern Gothic continued from the thirteenth century , till 214 THE PROGRESS OF.
... folidity nor beauty , and are ftill admired by the greatest architects , upon account of fome general proportions remarkable in them . 1 The The modern Gothic continued from the thirteenth century , till 214 THE PROGRESS OF.
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... Vega the Spaniard . He had a fertility " of wit , joined with great beauty of conception , and a wonderful readiness of compofition ; for he has written Сс more " more than three hundred comedies . His name alone 268 A DISSERTATION ON THE.
... Vega the Spaniard . He had a fertility " of wit , joined with great beauty of conception , and a wonderful readiness of compofition ; for he has written Сс more " more than three hundred comedies . His name alone 268 A DISSERTATION ON THE.
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... beauty , as there is a common understanding in all times and places , which is never obfolete ; but there is another kind of beauty , fuch as we are now treating , which depends upon times and and places , and is therefore changeable ...
... beauty , as there is a common understanding in all times and places , which is never obfolete ; but there is another kind of beauty , fuch as we are now treating , which depends upon times and and places , and is therefore changeable ...
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Page 96 - It will have blood ; they say, blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.