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Pagina 57
Taste . " There is no disputing about tastes , ” said one of the ancient
philosophers . Every day exemplifies the correctness of the adage . In passing
through the streets of Philadelphia , an observer is struck with the novel taste in
the inscriptions ...
Taste . " There is no disputing about tastes , ” said one of the ancient
philosophers . Every day exemplifies the correctness of the adage . In passing
through the streets of Philadelphia , an observer is struck with the novel taste in
the inscriptions ...
Pagina 192
I congratulate them and the United States at large on the circumstance of its
foundation , as an event which promises more than any other to promote the
advancement of our country in the road to good taste , and to wipe away the
undeserved ...
I congratulate them and the United States at large on the circumstance of its
foundation , as an event which promises more than any other to promote the
advancement of our country in the road to good taste , and to wipe away the
undeserved ...
Pagina 547
For from the reign of Alexander to the extinction of taste in design , and
excellence in execution , not a single name is recorded worthy of being placed at
the side of those that graced the era of the Grecian ' republic . In considering in
the same ...
For from the reign of Alexander to the extinction of taste in design , and
excellence in execution , not a single name is recorded worthy of being placed at
the side of those that graced the era of the Grecian ' republic . In considering in
the same ...
Pagina 547
In this city however it might naturally be expected that the purest taste would
prevail . Founded by a man , the beneficent effects of whose wisdom and policy
will be enjoyed by a late posterity , and the simplicity of whose manners and ...
In this city however it might naturally be expected that the purest taste would
prevail . Founded by a man , the beneficent effects of whose wisdom and policy
will be enjoyed by a late posterity , and the simplicity of whose manners and ...
Pagina 547
Whatever may have been the success of the architect in devoting his best talents
to produce a pure specimen of Grecian simplicity in design , and Grecian
permanence in execution , the existence and taste of this building is due , not to
the ...
Whatever may have been the success of the architect in devoting his best talents
to produce a pure specimen of Grecian simplicity in design , and Grecian
permanence in execution , the existence and taste of this building is due , not to
the ...
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