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... painted wings , and breast that flames with gold , THIS exquifite picture heightens the dif- tress , and powerfully excites the commife- ration of the reader . Under this head , it would be unpardonable to omit a capital , and , I think ...
... painted wings , and breast that flames with gold , THIS exquifite picture heightens the dif- tress , and powerfully excites the commife- ration of the reader . Under this head , it would be unpardonable to omit a capital , and , I think ...
Page 86
... painted a picture in the church of Saint Andrew , Annibal Carrache , their mafter , was preffed to de clare , which of his two pupils had excelled . The picture of Guido represented Saint An- drew on his knees before the cross ; that of ...
... painted a picture in the church of Saint Andrew , Annibal Carrache , their mafter , was preffed to de clare , which of his two pupils had excelled . The picture of Guido represented Saint An- drew on his knees before the cross ; that of ...
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... painted only the French and the present age , even when he designed to paint another age , and other nations : We fee in Corneille , all those ages and all those nations , that he intended to paint . IX . The number of the pieces of ...
... painted only the French and the present age , even when he designed to paint another age , and other nations : We fee in Corneille , all those ages and all those nations , that he intended to paint . IX . The number of the pieces of ...
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