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... nature herself can be duly appreciated and admired . It is yet more wonderful , that though these admirable figures have for some cen- turies been made the subject of un- ceasing imitation , they maintain to this hour an undisputed ...
... nature herself can be duly appreciated and admired . It is yet more wonderful , that though these admirable figures have for some cen- turies been made the subject of un- ceasing imitation , they maintain to this hour an undisputed ...
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... natural sciences , we must be not unfrequently content to make almost as many definitions as there are individuals . ous 1. The Greeks had received from the hand of nature a climate full of contrasts a sky sometimes of the pur- est ...
... natural sciences , we must be not unfrequently content to make almost as many definitions as there are individuals . ous 1. The Greeks had received from the hand of nature a climate full of contrasts a sky sometimes of the pur- est ...
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... nature , could see in it only a principle of danger and destruction . It seems to be a very general opi- nion , that commerce and the fine arts are inseparately connected : neverthe- less , in reviewing the history of the most ...
... nature , could see in it only a principle of danger and destruction . It seems to be a very general opi- nion , that commerce and the fine arts are inseparately connected : neverthe- less , in reviewing the history of the most ...
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... nature and object of Sav- ing Banks , every thing that has the appearance of compulsion must be ex- cluded . This is one fundamental principle which should not be lost sight of in any of its operations . Against this greater security ...
... nature and object of Sav- ing Banks , every thing that has the appearance of compulsion must be ex- cluded . This is one fundamental principle which should not be lost sight of in any of its operations . Against this greater security ...
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... nature , and the likeness was pleas- ing , because it was the faithful copy of a fair original ; not , as too fre- quently happens among the ancient Romans and the modern nations of Europe , - -a servile imitation - a tame copy of a ...
... nature , and the likeness was pleas- ing , because it was the faithful copy of a fair original ; not , as too fre- quently happens among the ancient Romans and the modern nations of Europe , - -a servile imitation - a tame copy of a ...
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