Architecture in America: A Battle of Styles, Volume 10William A. Coles, Henry Hope Reed Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 412 pages |
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... become a living form of speech , a natural form of utter- ance , giving surcease to him and adding treasures small and great to the growing art of his land ; when we know and feel that Nature is our friend , not our implacable enemy ...
... become a living form of speech , a natural form of utter- ance , giving surcease to him and adding treasures small and great to the growing art of his land ; when we know and feel that Nature is our friend , not our implacable enemy ...
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... become a mirror to literary preferences and literary distastes . Now , therefore , when the pre- occupations inevitable to a time of social change and theological dispute had become predominantly moral , the language of art , reflecting ...
... become a mirror to literary preferences and literary distastes . Now , therefore , when the pre- occupations inevitable to a time of social change and theological dispute had become predominantly moral , the language of art , reflecting ...
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... become a powerful magnet . Its people had one dream in common : That their city should become the world's metropolis . There was great enthusiasm and public spirit . . . . [ 316 ] ... It was deemed fitting by all the people that the ...
... become a powerful magnet . Its people had one dream in common : That their city should become the world's metropolis . There was great enthusiasm and public spirit . . . . [ 316 ] ... It was deemed fitting by all the people that the ...
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