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... subject , and another to execute it : the majority of Artists of all nations appear to me to have execut d better than they conceived , which is not a very enviable compliment , as the more vulgar order of men may be fo worked upon , in ...
... subject , and another to execute it : the majority of Artists of all nations appear to me to have execut d better than they conceived , which is not a very enviable compliment , as the more vulgar order of men may be fo worked upon , in ...
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... subjects more happily than he executes them had he in his earlier habits studied the gaiety and magic lightness of ... subject of the latter might have been dispensed with in a liberal age like this , when the palpable ærial voyages of ...
... subjects more happily than he executes them had he in his earlier habits studied the gaiety and magic lightness of ... subject of the latter might have been dispensed with in a liberal age like this , when the palpable ærial voyages of ...
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... subject from Mallet . This performance was very commonly admired , and Mr. STODHART , from that moment , has con- tinued ascending the acclivity of fame . He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1791 , and a Royal ...
... subject from Mallet . This performance was very commonly admired , and Mr. STODHART , from that moment , has con- tinued ascending the acclivity of fame . He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1791 , and a Royal ...
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