The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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Page 12
... thing could exceed . He seems to have undertaken the task with enthusiasm , and to have performed it , as if under the influence of actual inspiration . These , Sir , are not the expressions of partiality . I have no bigotry . I can ...
... thing could exceed . He seems to have undertaken the task with enthusiasm , and to have performed it , as if under the influence of actual inspiration . These , Sir , are not the expressions of partiality . I have no bigotry . I can ...
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... too powerful to be sus- tained . If any thing can go beyond the effect of proclaiming the Saviour , " King of Kings , and Lord of Lords , " with al- ternate bursts of " Hallelujah , " it is the 20 On the Moral Effects of Music .
... too powerful to be sus- tained . If any thing can go beyond the effect of proclaiming the Saviour , " King of Kings , and Lord of Lords , " with al- ternate bursts of " Hallelujah , " it is the 20 On the Moral Effects of Music .
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... thing was perfect . " Jam perfecta sunt omnia . " PLINY specifies the following pictures , by this artist , and calls them " Nobiles picturæ . " A BACCHUS , a subject which seems to have been more frequently painted by the ancient ...
... thing was perfect . " Jam perfecta sunt omnia . " PLINY specifies the following pictures , by this artist , and calls them " Nobiles picturæ . " A BACCHUS , a subject which seems to have been more frequently painted by the ancient ...
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... things are necessarily the effect of intel- lectual refinement ; and are no more to be derided than the double curtains of muslin and moreen , or chintz , in our dining and drawing rooms . The praise of elegance and beauty is all that ...
... things are necessarily the effect of intel- lectual refinement ; and are no more to be derided than the double curtains of muslin and moreen , or chintz , in our dining and drawing rooms . The praise of elegance and beauty is all that ...
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... thing of Shakspeare or Dugdale . On the death of Mr. Smith , in 1772 , his collection was sold in 1773 , by Ba- ker and Leigh ; and the books were an- nounced to the public , as being ' in the finest preservation , and consisting of the ...
... thing of Shakspeare or Dugdale . On the death of Mr. Smith , in 1772 , his collection was sold in 1773 , by Ba- ker and Leigh ; and the books were an- nounced to the public , as being ' in the finest preservation , and consisting of the ...
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