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... Taste , on which the Designs for Dwellings are composed , and of Landscape Gardening , with Reference to their Accompaniments . By J. C. Loudon , F.L.S. etc. New Edition , corrected , in 1 thick vol . 8vo . with above 100 of the Plates ...
... Taste , on which the Designs for Dwellings are composed , and of Landscape Gardening , with Reference to their Accompaniments . By J. C. Loudon , F.L.S. etc. New Edition , corrected , in 1 thick vol . 8vo . with above 100 of the Plates ...
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... Taste ; Benevolence ; Marriage ; the Young Wife ; the Young Mother . LIVES OF ENGLISH FEMALE WORTHIES . By Mrs. John Sandford . Vol . 1 , containing the Lives of Lady Jane Grey and Mrs. Colonel Hutchinson , foolscap 8vo . 68. 6d . cloth ...
... Taste ; Benevolence ; Marriage ; the Young Wife ; the Young Mother . LIVES OF ENGLISH FEMALE WORTHIES . By Mrs. John Sandford . Vol . 1 , containing the Lives of Lady Jane Grey and Mrs. Colonel Hutchinson , foolscap 8vo . 68. 6d . cloth ...
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... tastes , and sym- pathy in the feelings , of those around her . This holds true in lesser as well as in graver points it is in the former , indeed , that the ab- sence of interest in a companion is frequently most disappointing . Where ...
... tastes , and sym- pathy in the feelings , of those around her . This holds true in lesser as well as in graver points it is in the former , indeed , that the ab- sence of interest in a companion is frequently most disappointing . Where ...
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... taste . The gestures of the stage can never be appro- priate in a private circle , nor are they becoming a modest female . She may copy the skill , but surely nothing else that marks the professional performer . But affectation is not ...
... taste . The gestures of the stage can never be appro- priate in a private circle , nor are they becoming a modest female . She may copy the skill , but surely nothing else that marks the professional performer . But affectation is not ...
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... taste is the true source . As it teaches symmetry , so does it impart grace . Taste is the rule of elegance . There may be artificial forms ; and these may or may not be agreeable to the proportions of taste : but taste gives the only ...
... taste is the true source . As it teaches symmetry , so does it impart grace . Taste is the rule of elegance . There may be artificial forms ; and these may or may not be agreeable to the proportions of taste : but taste gives the only ...
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