An Essay on the Study of Antiquities: To which are Added Some Cursory Remarks on the Origin of Language in General, and of the Greek Language in ParticularJ. and J. Fletcher; D. Prince and J. Cooke; also by P. Elmsley, and B. White, London, 1781 - 44 pages |
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... are attentively examined and compared , the mind is grati- fied with a new pleasure ; and experiences the invo- luntary operation of those feelings , which had so li ely a an an influence on CORREGGIO , when he first beheld a.
... are attentively examined and compared , the mind is grati- fied with a new pleasure ; and experiences the invo- luntary operation of those feelings , which had so li ely a an an influence on CORREGGIO , when he first beheld a.
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... those Ages which are past , and of those events and characters , which are NEVER TO RETURN . There is an involuntary attachment to that which is irrecoverably snatched from our presence , and removed beyond the reach of our hopes and ...
... those Ages which are past , and of those events and characters , which are NEVER TO RETURN . There is an involuntary attachment to that which is irrecoverably snatched from our presence , and removed beyond the reach of our hopes and ...
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... those Arts which adminifter the conveniencies and luxuries of Life , and procure fo many bleffings to enlarged and humanized society , his roughness and impetuofity of temper unrestrained by law or civil intercourfe , the peculiarities ...
... those Arts which adminifter the conveniencies and luxuries of Life , and procure fo many bleffings to enlarged and humanized society , his roughness and impetuofity of temper unrestrained by law or civil intercourfe , the peculiarities ...
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... those three characters of ftile in Architecture , which one of the most judicious Critics of Greece remarked in its language . The Dorians exhibited an order of building like the stile of their Pindar , like Efchylus , like Thucydides ...
... those three characters of ftile in Architecture , which one of the most judicious Critics of Greece remarked in its language . The Dorians exhibited an order of building like the stile of their Pindar , like Efchylus , like Thucydides ...
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... those of Sculpture . The works of Apelles , Polyg- notus , and Zeuxis , have left behind them the echo only of that reputation which once refounded from every fide of Greece : a fate which even fome productions of modern genius have fuf ...
... those of Sculpture . The works of Apelles , Polyg- notus , and Zeuxis , have left behind them the echo only of that reputation which once refounded from every fide of Greece : a fate which even fome productions of modern genius have fuf ...
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