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... I most entirely concur with him . It would not be seemly to mix with the mournful subject of our pre- sent contemplation any thing of a con- troversial nature ; but when , for the second time 1817 . Memoir of Francis Horner , Esq .
... I most entirely concur with him . It would not be seemly to mix with the mournful subject of our pre- sent contemplation any thing of a con- troversial nature ; but when , for the second time 1817 . Memoir of Francis Horner , Esq .
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... thing which respects the fine arts very different from ourselves ; and we must endeavour to determine the nature and the causes of their taste , without allowing ourselves to be se- duced by the depravity of our own . The character of ...
... thing which respects the fine arts very different from ourselves ; and we must endeavour to determine the nature and the causes of their taste , without allowing ourselves to be se- duced by the depravity of our own . The character of ...
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... thing that which is the inspiration of painting and of sculpture . These Athenians , in every thing else so light , so imprudent , so irascible , who alternately crowned and exiled their great men - who slum- bered during peace , and ...
... thing that which is the inspiration of painting and of sculpture . These Athenians , in every thing else so light , so imprudent , so irascible , who alternately crowned and exiled their great men - who slum- bered during peace , and ...
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... thing had a definite character - every thing was great in a little space - because every human faculty was developed by the contending passions of the Greeks . We see wars by land and wars by see - armies and fleets rapidly destroyed ...
... thing had a definite character - every thing was great in a little space - because every human faculty was developed by the contending passions of the Greeks . We see wars by land and wars by see - armies and fleets rapidly destroyed ...
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... thing for their victories , had by no means disposed the spirit of the Romans for the appropriation of the arts , and accordingly the habit of seeing them cultivated by conquered nations , made them view them at all times as the ...
... thing for their victories , had by no means disposed the spirit of the Romans for the appropriation of the arts , and accordingly the habit of seeing them cultivated by conquered nations , made them view them at all times as the ...
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