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... and two - penny publications which we see pouring weekly from the press ; and we believed that the public mind was now even prepared VOL . III.-No. 12 . B to go one step further , -nor have we been Preface and Observations.
... and two - penny publications which we see pouring weekly from the press ; and we believed that the public mind was now even prepared VOL . III.-No. 12 . B to go one step further , -nor have we been Preface and Observations.
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... mind , by instilling sound principles of morality or good taste . Besides this , every work of the kind referred to , seemed to make politics , or some other subject , the predominant object , and to place the Arts , if they noticed ...
... mind , by instilling sound principles of morality or good taste . Besides this , every work of the kind referred to , seemed to make politics , or some other subject , the predominant object , and to place the Arts , if they noticed ...
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... minds which reflect upon them , and may therefore always save the repetition from neglect by novelty in treating it , if ... mind , and consequently of making the professors of it the best and most amiable members of society . It is true ...
... minds which reflect upon them , and may therefore always save the repetition from neglect by novelty in treating it , if ... mind , and consequently of making the professors of it the best and most amiable members of society . It is true ...
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... mind acquainted with the little predilection for the subject in this country could have indulged for a moment . In not meeting then with more success he has not been disappointed , especially as , in addition to other circumstances ...
... mind acquainted with the little predilection for the subject in this country could have indulged for a moment . In not meeting then with more success he has not been disappointed , especially as , in addition to other circumstances ...
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... colours with genius ; and painted , not only with their brushes , but with mind . In one of our picturesque rambles some thirty years ago , our little coterie met to dine at the Fleur - de - 14 Hints to Amateur Artists .
... colours with genius ; and painted , not only with their brushes , but with mind . In one of our picturesque rambles some thirty years ago , our little coterie met to dine at the Fleur - de - 14 Hints to Amateur Artists .
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