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... Remarks on Painting . - On Copying 147 185 , 277 193 , 273 201 .... 216 , 333 232 Egyptian Antiquities 239 Exhibition of Paintings at the British Institution .. 244 Distribution of Prizes at the Royal Academy 256 Letter to Lord Goderich ...
... Remarks on Painting . - On Copying 147 185 , 277 193 , 273 201 .... 216 , 333 232 Egyptian Antiquities 239 Exhibition of Paintings at the British Institution .. 244 Distribution of Prizes at the Royal Academy 256 Letter to Lord Goderich ...
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... remarks upon each particular kind of landscape , are the objects of the present paper . Per- haps upon another occasion some parts of the subject will be more particularly considered ; but for a general essay , what we are now about to ...
... remarks upon each particular kind of landscape , are the objects of the present paper . Per- haps upon another occasion some parts of the subject will be more particularly considered ; but for a general essay , what we are now about to ...
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... remarks he suffered to escape him as we were renewing our conversa- tion after the trifling , and certainly not disagreeable interruption it had experienced , " between what you have just said , and your affection for the Art , that ...
... remarks he suffered to escape him as we were renewing our conversa- tion after the trifling , and certainly not disagreeable interruption it had experienced , " between what you have just said , and your affection for the Art , that ...
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... remarks , that one is doomed to encounter in the greater part of what professes to be architectural criticism . " Good heavens ! thought I , I have touched the wrong string . What a torrent of vituperation upon an inoffensive set of ...
... remarks , that one is doomed to encounter in the greater part of what professes to be architectural criticism . " Good heavens ! thought I , I have touched the wrong string . What a torrent of vituperation upon an inoffensive set of ...
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... remarks is obvious enough ; but it is not quite so obvious what it really is that you either recommend or deprecate . " " I will endeavour then to be more explicit . Too little attention is be- stowed on those points which although not ...
... remarks is obvious enough ; but it is not quite so obvious what it really is that you either recommend or deprecate . " " I will endeavour then to be more explicit . Too little attention is be- stowed on those points which although not ...
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