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Page 318
... light with the deep green . They even introduce decay'd trees , fome erect , and fome half out of the ground * . In order to heighten contraft , much bolder ftrokes are risked . They fometimes introduce rough rocks , dark caverns ...
... light with the deep green . They even introduce decay'd trees , fome erect , and fome half out of the ground * . In order to heighten contraft , much bolder ftrokes are risked . They fometimes introduce rough rocks , dark caverns ...
Page 323
... light ; for if the apperture be not fufficiently large to con- vey light to every corner , the room is dark and gloomy . Steps of stairs ought to be ac- commodated to the human figure , without regarding any other proportion : these ...
... light ; for if the apperture be not fufficiently large to con- vey light to every corner , the room is dark and gloomy . Steps of stairs ought to be ac- commodated to the human figure , without regarding any other proportion : these ...
Page 345
... light , and by disjointed parts , my curiofity is roused , and prompts me , out of the disjointed parts to compose an entire whole . I fuppofe it to be , for example , a horfe . My eye - fight being obedient to this conjecture , I imme ...
... light , and by disjointed parts , my curiofity is roused , and prompts me , out of the disjointed parts to compose an entire whole . I fuppofe it to be , for example , a horfe . My eye - fight being obedient to this conjecture , I imme ...
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