Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Boywer, Printer, F.S.A. and Many of His Learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index, Volume 2author, 1812 - Authors, English |
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... shew that very little attention is paid to taste and elegance in a place where one would expect to find hardly any thing else . It rather shews that modern Ar- chitects do not understand Gothic , or prefer their own vagaries to it ...
... shew that very little attention is paid to taste and elegance in a place where one would expect to find hardly any thing else . It rather shews that modern Ar- chitects do not understand Gothic , or prefer their own vagaries to it ...
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... shews that he did not want fond admirers : While Gibbs displays his elegant design , And Rysbrack's art does in the ... shew at least that this single specimen of Gibbs's skill had one admirer ; but who is T. W. and what is his weight ...
... shews that he did not want fond admirers : While Gibbs displays his elegant design , And Rysbrack's art does in the ... shew at least that this single specimen of Gibbs's skill had one admirer ; but who is T. W. and what is his weight ...
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... shew the difficulty the author had to convey mere visible ideas through the medium of language . Those works remind one of Cibber's inimitable trea- tise on the stage . When an author writes on his own profession , feels it profoundly ...
... shew the difficulty the author had to convey mere visible ideas through the medium of language . Those works remind one of Cibber's inimitable trea- tise on the stage . When an author writes on his own profession , feels it profoundly ...
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... shew the various positions or postures at one view , but be very agreeable and instruc- tive furniture . The Price of the Cuts , without the Printed Books , is Two Guineas ; and those who are willing also to purchase the printed part ...
... shew the various positions or postures at one view , but be very agreeable and instruc- tive furniture . The Price of the Cuts , without the Printed Books , is Two Guineas ; and those who are willing also to purchase the printed part ...
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... shew such a state of mind as puts your happiness out of Fortune's power ; and would force me to love you for it , though you had no other claim to my affection . But what are fifty years to a man whose studies have never been occupied ...
... shew such a state of mind as puts your happiness out of Fortune's power ; and would force me to love you for it , though you had no other claim to my affection . But what are fifty years to a man whose studies have never been occupied ...
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