The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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Page 41
... imitation of ancient standards . ourselves to the five To the art of the sta- Why we should continue to enslave orders of Vitruvius , I cannot well see . tuary there is a conceivable limit , but that of the architect seems to admit a ...
... imitation of ancient standards . ourselves to the five To the art of the sta- Why we should continue to enslave orders of Vitruvius , I cannot well see . tuary there is a conceivable limit , but that of the architect seems to admit a ...
Page 42
... imitating an Italian villa , with its open balco- nies , and shady colonnades , unless we could , at the same time ... imitate a tree , by lessening as it rises ? Custom alone has reconciled us to an unmeaning deviation , which throws ...
... imitating an Italian villa , with its open balco- nies , and shady colonnades , unless we could , at the same time ... imitate a tree , by lessening as it rises ? Custom alone has reconciled us to an unmeaning deviation , which throws ...
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... imitation , not the paintings of nature , but old Continental pictures , which , even supposing them to be genuine , have often lost the sole distinction that once conferred a value upon them . But in many instances they are spurious ...
... imitation , not the paintings of nature , but old Continental pictures , which , even supposing them to be genuine , have often lost the sole distinction that once conferred a value upon them . But in many instances they are spurious ...
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... imitation of which sapient example , our Church has provided a cat - o - thirty - nine - tails , to lash back the tide of human thought and circumscribe the illimitable range 1 of opinion . In both instances the success has 48 THE TIN ...
... imitation of which sapient example , our Church has provided a cat - o - thirty - nine - tails , to lash back the tide of human thought and circumscribe the illimitable range 1 of opinion . In both instances the success has 48 THE TIN ...
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... imitation of the Thunderer by Salmoneus , which , instead of giving him a place among the Gods , con- signed him to the regions below . Of the written Bathos , an amusing instance is afforded in the published tour of a lady , who has ...
... imitation of the Thunderer by Salmoneus , which , instead of giving him a place among the Gods , con- signed him to the regions below . Of the written Bathos , an amusing instance is afforded in the published tour of a lady , who has ...
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