Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 556
... beautiful termination , diftinct by its position , and enlivened by an expanfe of ky or of water about and beyond it . Such advan- tages may balance little defects in its form : but they are loft if other clumps are planted near it ...
... beautiful termination , diftinct by its position , and enlivened by an expanfe of ky or of water about and beyond it . Such advan- tages may balance little defects in its form : but they are loft if other clumps are planted near it ...
Page 566
... beautiful temple , under the direc- tion of the Adams's erected upon its fite for the fame facred purpose : -The maufoleum at Castle Howard , in Yorkshire , the feat of the earl of Carlifle , is a noble ftructure : And as an inftance of ...
... beautiful temple , under the direc- tion of the Adams's erected upon its fite for the fame facred purpose : -The maufoleum at Castle Howard , in Yorkshire , the feat of the earl of Carlifle , is a noble ftructure : And as an inftance of ...
Page 779
... beautiful and vivid colours imagin- able , which far exceed any of those used by the mo- derns , not fo much because the fecret of making thofe colours is entirely loft , as that the moderns will not go to the charge of them , nor be at ...
... beautiful and vivid colours imagin- able , which far exceed any of those used by the mo- derns , not fo much because the fecret of making thofe colours is entirely loft , as that the moderns will not go to the charge of them , nor be at ...
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