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Page 48
... reason , a more close and faithful representation of na- ture than the latter . And if our poets would accustom themselves to contemplate fully every object , before they attempted to de- scribe it , they would not fail of giving their ...
... reason , a more close and faithful representation of na- ture than the latter . And if our poets would accustom themselves to contemplate fully every object , before they attempted to de- scribe it , they would not fail of giving their ...
Page 343
... reason can be given . " When Eloifa died in 1163 , fhe was interred by the fide of her beloved husband : I must not forget to mention , for the fake of those who are fond of modern miracles , that when she was put into the grave ...
... reason can be given . " When Eloifa died in 1163 , fhe was interred by the fide of her beloved husband : I must not forget to mention , for the fake of those who are fond of modern miracles , that when she was put into the grave ...
Page 369
... reason and use of things , wherein their beauty is founded , and to which it is fu- bordinate ? The entablature and all its parts and ornaments , architrave , freeze , cornice , triglyphs , metopes , modiglions , and the reft , have ...
... reason and use of things , wherein their beauty is founded , and to which it is fu- bordinate ? The entablature and all its parts and ornaments , architrave , freeze , cornice , triglyphs , metopes , modiglions , and the reft , have ...
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