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Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists ... - Page 793
by Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849
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Letters written by Sir William Temple ... containing an account of the most ...

William Temple - 1731 - 506 pages
...withoue Effect or Honour, if there want Senfe in proportion to Money, or if 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 Governments. And whether the greateft of...
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The Works of Sir William Temple Bart,: Complete in Four Volumes ..., Volume 3

William Temple - 1757 - 564 pages
...without effect or honour, if there want fenle in proportion to money, or if nature be not followed i 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 governments. And whether the greateft of...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 23

1781 - 732 pages
...without eftedl or honour, if there want fenfe in proportion to money, or if nature ie not followed, which I take to be the great rule in this, and perhaps in every thing elfe, as far as th,e conduit not only of our lives, but our our governments." [We ihall fee how natural...
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Planting and Ornamental Gardening: A Practical Treatise

Mr. Marshall (William) - 1785 - 698 pages
...without effeft or honour, if there want fenfe in proportion to money, or if nature be not follo-Mcii, which I take to be the great rule in this, and perhaps in every thing elfe, as far as the condudt not only of cur lives but our governments." [We (hall fee how natural that...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 23

1788 - 734 pages
...withou: cfFsft or honour, if there want fenfe in proportion to money, or if nature ht not Jo'.lwitd, 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 » . * oar governments." [We (hall fee how...
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Annual Register, Volume 23

Edmund Burke - 1788 - 762 pages
...without effeft or honour, if there want fenfe in proportion to money, or if 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 enr governments." [We {hall fee Jiow natural...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 44

1782 - 682 pages
...without effecï or honour, if there want fenfe in proportion to money, or if nature be not filiirwtd, which I take to be the great rule in this, and perhaps in every thing elfe, as far as the conduit, not only of our lives, but our governments." [We fliall fee how natural...
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Planting and Rural Ornament, Volume 1

Mr. Marshall (William) - 1796 - 460 pages
...without effect' or honour, if there " want fenfe in proportion to money, or if nature " be not followed, which I take to be the great rule " in this, and perhaps in every thing elfe, as far as " the conduit not only of our lives but our govern" ments." • *'.;.•. • ' [WE...
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Planting and rural ornament [by W.H. Marshall].

William Marshall - 1796 - 486 pages
...nature " be not followed, wmch I take te be the great rule " in this, and perhaps in every thing eHe, as far as " the conduct not only of our lives but our govern" ments." [WE fhall fee how natural that admired garden was.] " BECAUSE I take * the garden I...
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(Selections From) Observations on Modern Gardening

Thomas Whately - 1801 - 158 pages
...rule in this, and porhaps in every t as far as the conduct not only of our Пиве, but our gover shall see how natural that admired garden was.) "Because I take* the garden I have named to have b-:en in the -.ost beautiful arid perfect, at least in the figure an that I have evor seen, I will...
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