 From me they learned to inlay their phraseology with variegated chips of exotic metaphor : by me too their inventive faculties were called forth : — yes, sir, by me they were instructed to clothe ideal walls with gratuitous fruits — to insinuate obsequious...  Tales of a tourist - Seite 91von Alicia Lefanu - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...phraseology with variegated chips of exotic metaphor: by me too their inventive faculties were called forth. Yes, sir, by me they were instructed to clothe ideal walls with gratuitous fruit - to insinuate obsequious rivulets into visionary groves — to teach courteous shrubs to nod... | |
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