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... beauty of line and mass in them , too . They are right architecture , for America . They fit in well with the white cathedrals of American thunderheads and with the rich wheat and buckwheat of Lancaster County . Anything native ...
... beauty of line and mass in them , too . They are right architecture , for America . They fit in well with the white cathedrals of American thunderheads and with the rich wheat and buckwheat of Lancaster County . Anything native ...
Page xiii
... beauty , those boxes of compacted jewels , which are kernels , hung by braided leaves . There was a pattern of right lines and curves as fine as any acanthus leaf that ever brushed an Athenian ankle . One sign of genius is taking pains ...
... beauty , those boxes of compacted jewels , which are kernels , hung by braided leaves . There was a pattern of right lines and curves as fine as any acanthus leaf that ever brushed an Athenian ankle . One sign of genius is taking pains ...
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Thomas Gray. The boast of heraldry , the pomp of pow'r , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave . S DRICK ZIP PTYLE Nor you , ye proud ,. 17 ...
Thomas Gray. The boast of heraldry , the pomp of pow'r , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave . S DRICK ZIP PTYLE Nor you , ye proud ,. 17 ...
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