An enquiry into the elementary principles of beauty , in the works of nature and art. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse on taste. By William Thomson.

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An enquiry into the elementary principles of beauty , in the works of nature and art. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse on taste. By William Thomson.