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... means of gratifying it , and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless , indeed , you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books . You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history , —with ...
... means of gratifying it , and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless , indeed , you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books . You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history , —with ...
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... means by which it was accomplished , an exquisite sense of fitness and propriety in the smallest as in the greatest things , yet little suscep- tibility for the beautiful in art . With respect to military genius , he shows that Cæsar ...
... means by which it was accomplished , an exquisite sense of fitness and propriety in the smallest as in the greatest things , yet little suscep- tibility for the beautiful in art . With respect to military genius , he shows that Cæsar ...
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... means be confounded . But the respective limits of these arts have not always been duly observed . Hence , confining his observation to painting , there are some artists , whom he calls sculpture- painters , like the great Angelo ...
... means be confounded . But the respective limits of these arts have not always been duly observed . Hence , confining his observation to painting , there are some artists , whom he calls sculpture- painters , like the great Angelo ...
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... mean that able critic and ac- complished scholar - the late Mr. Gifford . The other and more important characteristics of this work are delicacy of taste , solidity of judgment , vigour and boldness of fancy , and depth and ...
... mean that able critic and ac- complished scholar - the late Mr. Gifford . The other and more important characteristics of this work are delicacy of taste , solidity of judgment , vigour and boldness of fancy , and depth and ...
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... means , and not the end . If justice were the end for which the state was constituted , then neither external nor internal peace could ever be procured or maintained ; for the state would then be compelled to wage eternal war against ...
... means , and not the end . If justice were the end for which the state was constituted , then neither external nor internal peace could ever be procured or maintained ; for the state would then be compelled to wage eternal war against ...
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