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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 145

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d by any one remaining inthe telegraph office half an hour. About thetime the storm is coming up, the wires arecontinually filled with electricity. It is myopinion, he says, that we shall never have veryheavy thunder showers, or hear of lightningstriking, so long as we have telegraph wiresspread… … of opi-nion exists respectingthe propriety or im-propriety of adheringto any prescribed rulesof art. Certain philo-sophical spirits haveoccupied themselves,at diiferent intervals,in examining works ofart analytically, for thepurpose of tracing outthe origin of thosepowerful impressionsproduced by…

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