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 550
... nature be not followed ; ' which I take to be the great rule in this , and perhaps in every thing elfe , as far as the conduct not only of our lives but our govern- ments . ' [ We fhall fee how natural that admired gar- den was ...
... nature be not followed ; ' which I take to be the great rule in this , and perhaps in every thing elfe , as far as the conduct not only of our lives but our govern- ments . ' [ We fhall fee how natural that admired gar- den was ...
Page 567
... nature , every thing ought to appear as if it had been done by the general laws of nature , or had grown out of a series of fortuitous cir- cumftances . But in the higher departments , art can- not be hid ; and the appearance of design ...
... nature , every thing ought to appear as if it had been done by the general laws of nature , or had grown out of a series of fortuitous cir- cumftances . But in the higher departments , art can- not be hid ; and the appearance of design ...
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... nature . Hunting rangement of flowering - fhrubs have the fame effect . Box , & c The most rational entertainment the human mind is capable of receiving , is that of obferving the operations The foliation of a leaf , the blowing of p ...
... nature . Hunting rangement of flowering - fhrubs have the fame effect . Box , & c The most rational entertainment the human mind is capable of receiving , is that of obferving the operations The foliation of a leaf , the blowing of p ...
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