Table Talk: Or, Original Essays on Men and Manners, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1824 - 401 páginas |
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... less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame ; and painting combines them both incessantly * . The hand furnishes a prac- tical test of the correctness of the eye ; and the eye thus admonished , imposes ...
... less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame ; and painting combines them both incessantly * . The hand furnishes a prac- tical test of the correctness of the eye ; and the eye thus admonished , imposes ...
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... less happy at the time . I used regularly to set my work in the chair to look at it through the long evenings ; and many a time did I return to take leave of it before I could go to bed at night . I remember sending it with a throbbing ...
... less happy at the time . I used regularly to set my work in the chair to look at it through the long evenings ; and many a time did I return to take leave of it before I could go to bed at night . I remember sending it with a throbbing ...
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... less productions , was like breaking some mighty spell - was almost an effect of necromancy ! From that time I lived in a world of pictures . Battles , sieges , speeches in parliament seemed mere idle noise and fury , " signifying ...
... less productions , was like breaking some mighty spell - was almost an effect of necromancy ! From that time I lived in a world of pictures . Battles , sieges , speeches in parliament seemed mere idle noise and fury , " signifying ...
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... less importance to past and future events , according as they are more or less engaged in action and the busy scenes of life . Those who have a fortune to make , or are in pursuit of rank and power , think little of the pense , as if it ...
... less importance to past and future events , according as they are more or less engaged in action and the busy scenes of life . Those who have a fortune to make , or are in pursuit of rank and power , think little of the pense , as if it ...
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... less forlorn . " The turbulence of action , and un- easiness of desire , must point to the future : it is only in the quiet innocence of shepherds , in the simplicity of pastoral ages , that a tomb was found with this inscription— “ I ...
... less forlorn . " The turbulence of action , and un- easiness of desire , must point to the future : it is only in the quiet innocence of shepherds , in the simplicity of pastoral ages , that a tomb was found with this inscription— “ I ...
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