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... rich man who indulges his taste at his family's expense is heartless indeed . There may be taste without connoisseurship , and connoisseurship without possession . The A B C of art culture learnt in museums loses its boastfulness ...
... rich man who indulges his taste at his family's expense is heartless indeed . There may be taste without connoisseurship , and connoisseurship without possession . The A B C of art culture learnt in museums loses its boastfulness ...
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... rich to buy spring chickens at nine shillings a couple . A dozen hens fill the time a member of a family can devote to pets and natural history , twelve hundred fowls take up somebody's whole time , and are labour without pleasure ...
... rich to buy spring chickens at nine shillings a couple . A dozen hens fill the time a member of a family can devote to pets and natural history , twelve hundred fowls take up somebody's whole time , and are labour without pleasure ...
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... rich or poor , to learn a craft ; a kraft , a power , so that he can main- tain himself . The Crown Prince of Germany is a carpenter . I have seen a good , strong chair of his making at Babelsberg Palace . Our aim is towards mere 16 ...
... rich or poor , to learn a craft ; a kraft , a power , so that he can main- tain himself . The Crown Prince of Germany is a carpenter . I have seen a good , strong chair of his making at Babelsberg Palace . Our aim is towards mere 16 ...
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... balanced , and of harmonious proportion ; the ornaments are rich and tasteful , with no trace of the bizarrerie that makes many new D houses ludicrous and inconvenient . Alford House is an ornament III THE LADY'S GRACE.
... balanced , and of harmonious proportion ; the ornaments are rich and tasteful , with no trace of the bizarrerie that makes many new D houses ludicrous and inconvenient . Alford House is an ornament III THE LADY'S GRACE.
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... rich red brick looks warm , yet subdued , in com- parison with the coldly staring crimson with white dressings of the mansions recently erected near by . Festoons in terra - cotta , and ornamental keystones above the windows , are the ...
... rich red brick looks warm , yet subdued , in com- parison with the coldly staring crimson with white dressings of the mansions recently erected near by . Festoons in terra - cotta , and ornamental keystones above the windows , are the ...
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