The Monthly Epitome, Volume 1W. Clarke, 1797 - Great Britain |
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Page 273 - in which with all imaginable decency year after year wears away in unprofitable vacancy. Even old age often finds us pacing in the fame round of amufements, which our early youth had tracked out. Meanwhile, being confcious that we are not giving into any flagrant vice, perhaps that we are guilty of no irregularity, and, it may be, that we
Page 322 - the extraordinary merit of this great painter, either have a narrow conception of the variety of art, or are led away by the affectation of approving nothing but
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Page 302 - a native of Germany, travelled over almoft all Europe; and his pretended art has been mentioned by fo many writers, that we may conclude it had not been often exhibited before ; and that it was then confidered as new. His name was John Charles von Eckeberg ; he was born at
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Page 360 - of his operations. But though, by the wonderful powers" of native genius, he was thus enabled to get over his want of artificial method to a certain degree, yet there is no doubt that when his concerns became extremely complicated, with accounts of various kinds to keep, and calculations of all forts