The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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Page 11
... praise of 66 every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the seas , and all that are in them , " recorded in the same vision . SUCH an assemblage of magnificent images , from prophecy ...
... praise of 66 every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the seas , and all that are in them , " recorded in the same vision . SUCH an assemblage of magnificent images , from prophecy ...
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... praise by Pliny . The principal of these were , an Esculapius , a Bacchus , an Apollo , a Pasiphae , & c . . Or the Apollo , the following anecdote is related . It was at Antioch , and of such extraordinary workmanship , that the ...
... praise by Pliny . The principal of these were , an Esculapius , a Bacchus , an Apollo , a Pasiphae , & c . . Or the Apollo , the following anecdote is related . It was at Antioch , and of such extraordinary workmanship , that the ...
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... praise , says Cicero , the forms and outlines of the works of Zeuxis , Polygnotus , Timanthes , and those other painters , who used only four co- lours ; but in Echion , Nicomachus , Pro- togenes , and Apelles , every thing was perfect ...
... praise , says Cicero , the forms and outlines of the works of Zeuxis , Polygnotus , Timanthes , and those other painters , who used only four co- lours ; but in Echion , Nicomachus , Pro- togenes , and Apelles , every thing was perfect ...
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... praise of elegance and beauty is all that can be expected or desired ; and , absurd or paradoxical as it may be considered , I venture to predict , that , when we cease to have beautiful books and splendid furniture , we shall be ...
... praise of elegance and beauty is all that can be expected or desired ; and , absurd or paradoxical as it may be considered , I venture to predict , that , when we cease to have beautiful books and splendid furniture , we shall be ...
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... praise , In TOLAND'S , TINDAL'S , and in WOLSTON's days . DUNCIAD . b . iii . v . 190 , & c . BROMLEY , in his catalogue of Engrav- ed Portraits , mentions four of orator Hen- ley : two of which are inscribed : one by Worlidge The ...
... praise , In TOLAND'S , TINDAL'S , and in WOLSTON's days . DUNCIAD . b . iii . v . 190 , & c . BROMLEY , in his catalogue of Engrav- ed Portraits , mentions four of orator Hen- ley : two of which are inscribed : one by Worlidge The ...
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