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... first time by his ftature , the second by his politeness . LETTER III . BERLIN . T HE next day there was another battle : the manoeuvres were different ; but I did not understand them . Before I went to it I visited the king's ...
... first time by his ftature , the second by his politeness . LETTER III . BERLIN . T HE next day there was another battle : the manoeuvres were different ; but I did not understand them . Before I went to it I visited the king's ...
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... first and the laft , not on ac- count of their fituation , but because their names ftruck him . The first was major Dalrymple : To him the king faid , " You have been prefented ' to me before ? " I ask your ma- " jefty's pardon : it was ...
... first and the laft , not on ac- count of their fituation , but because their names ftruck him . The first was major Dalrymple : To him the king faid , " You have been prefented ' to me before ? " I ask your ma- " jefty's pardon : it was ...
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... first wits of his age ; we fhall no longer be astonished at the variety of merit that is found in his compofitions . Accept , great king , these just enco- miums ; I fhould not have fo highly applauded applauded your talents , if I were ...
... first wits of his age ; we fhall no longer be astonished at the variety of merit that is found in his compofitions . Accept , great king , these just enco- miums ; I fhould not have fo highly applauded applauded your talents , if I were ...
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... like an artift ; but I have studied pictures much , and I fhall always think that one of the first objects of painting is to deceive the eye , and to make the fpectator believe 1 believe that the figures which are on the canvass [ 40 ]
... like an artift ; but I have studied pictures much , and I fhall always think that one of the first objects of painting is to deceive the eye , and to make the fpectator believe 1 believe that the figures which are on the canvass [ 40 ]
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... dance well . The best dancer was the countefs Dirheim . She is a canonefs , and the most beautiful ca- nonefs that ever was . Of all the perfons I have ever feen , fhe is at first fight the most striking . A painter could find firft Ĉ 46 1.
... dance well . The best dancer was the countefs Dirheim . She is a canonefs , and the most beautiful ca- nonefs that ever was . Of all the perfons I have ever feen , fhe is at first fight the most striking . A painter could find firft Ĉ 46 1.
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