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... Greeks had wrought in schools or fraternities — the genius of the master im- parting his design to his friends , and inflaming them with it , and when his strength was spent , a new hand , with equal heat , continued the work ; and so ...
... Greeks had wrought in schools or fraternities — the genius of the master im- parting his design to his friends , and inflaming them with it , and when his strength was spent , a new hand , with equal heat , continued the work ; and so ...
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... Greeks , and impatient of Gothic art . His paper on Architecture , published in 1843 , announced in advance the leading thoughts of Mr. Ruskin on the morality in architecture , notwithstanding the antagonism in their views of the ...
... Greeks , and impatient of Gothic art . His paper on Architecture , published in 1843 , announced in advance the leading thoughts of Mr. Ruskin on the morality in architecture , notwithstanding the antagonism in their views of the ...
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... Greek histories he thought the only good ; and after them , Voltaire's . I could not make him praise Mackintosh , nor my more recent friends : Montaigne very cordially - and Charron also , which seemed undis- criminating . He thought ...
... Greek histories he thought the only good ; and after them , Voltaire's . I could not make him praise Mackintosh , nor my more recent friends : Montaigne very cordially - and Charron also , which seemed undis- criminating . He thought ...
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... Greek , the Oriental , and , much more , the ideal standard , if only by means of the very impatience which English forms are sure to awaken in independent minds . Besides , if we will visit London , the present time is the best time ...
... Greek , the Oriental , and , much more , the ideal standard , if only by means of the very impatience which English forms are sure to awaken in independent minds . Besides , if we will visit London , the present time is the best time ...
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... Greeks fancied Delphi the navel of the earth , in their favourite mode of fabling the earth to be an animal . The Jews believed Jerusalem to be the centre . I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia ...
... Greeks fancied Delphi the navel of the earth , in their favourite mode of fabling the earth to be an animal . The Jews believed Jerusalem to be the centre . I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia ...
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Page 402 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.