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representing every particular leaf of them
Claude's are particularly deficient, for by representing every particular leaf of them, or trying to do so, he makes nature finite, and even his nearest bits of leafage are utterly false, for they have neither shadows modifying their form, (compare Section II.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) by John Ruskin

recount either pious legends or the
The words of the romance refer generally to some history of the Moors, or recount either pious legends or the sad exploits of brigands.
— from La Gaviota: A Spanish novel by Fernán Caballero

read either Paradise Lost or the
To read either Paradise Lost or the Divine Comedy we must find the poet’s cosmical and his theological standpoint.
— from Milton: Minor Poems by John Milton

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