The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1793 - Books |
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this fubject . He tells us , that , by objects of picturesque beauty , he means ' fuch beautiful objects as are fuited to the pencil . ' This is clear , and accurately defined ; and we hope that the de- finition will receive attention ...
this fubject . He tells us , that , by objects of picturesque beauty , he means ' fuch beautiful objects as are fuited to the pencil . ' This is clear , and accurately defined ; and we hope that the de- finition will receive attention ...
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... objects by means of a pre- conceived idea of their distance from us ; and this diftance is imagined to be greater when a number of objects are interpofed between the eye and the body that we are viewing ; which is the cafe when we fee ...
... objects by means of a pre- conceived idea of their distance from us ; and this diftance is imagined to be greater when a number of objects are interpofed between the eye and the body that we are viewing ; which is the cafe when we fee ...
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... objects of different colours be furveyed through a red glafs , white and red bodies will indeed appear of the fame co- lour , but this , instead of being red , will be white . A yellow glafs has the fame effect , for yellow objects ...
... objects of different colours be furveyed through a red glafs , white and red bodies will indeed appear of the fame co- lour , but this , instead of being red , will be white . A yellow glafs has the fame effect , for yellow objects ...
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