Old Wine in New Bottles; Or, Spare Hours of a Student in ParisJ. M'Glashan, 1849 - 332 páginas |
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... colour . Just as they broke , their dark blue changed to - what shall I call it ? another shade of blue , perhaps , but so inde- scribably resplendent and dazzling , that I am convinced the sublime pencil of Titian himself never caught ...
... colour . Just as they broke , their dark blue changed to - what shall I call it ? another shade of blue , perhaps , but so inde- scribably resplendent and dazzling , that I am convinced the sublime pencil of Titian himself never caught ...
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... colour , that , noticing shavings , & c . around a house , it is difficult to tell , whether they are building a new or re- pairing an old one . The gardens , however , make up the deficiency . I visited several , one very splendid , be ...
... colour , that , noticing shavings , & c . around a house , it is difficult to tell , whether they are building a new or re- pairing an old one . The gardens , however , make up the deficiency . I visited several , one very splendid , be ...
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... coloured glass unsurpassed in the world ) , St. Maclou , St. Patrice , and many others of great beauty . Many of the beautiful churches are no longer used for religious services - one is a stable , and another a store- house . Their ...
... coloured glass unsurpassed in the world ) , St. Maclou , St. Patrice , and many others of great beauty . Many of the beautiful churches are no longer used for religious services - one is a stable , and another a store- house . Their ...
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Augustus Kinsley Gardner. with horror from the contemplation of crimes , magnified and coloured , if not invented , by some political historian ; and we congratulate ourselves , that such enormities can- not be committed in our own ...
Augustus Kinsley Gardner. with horror from the contemplation of crimes , magnified and coloured , if not invented , by some political historian ; and we congratulate ourselves , that such enormities can- not be committed in our own ...
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... colours , the fashion of every nation and age , and representing animals of va- rious climes . Presently you behold this immense assembly dancing a quadrille with the most uncouth and extrava- gant gestures ; leaping , walking on their ...
... colours , the fashion of every nation and age , and representing animals of va- rious climes . Presently you behold this immense assembly dancing a quadrille with the most uncouth and extrava- gant gestures ; leaping , walking on their ...
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Página 103 - I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips : He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
Página 245 - Baulk'd are the courts, and contest is no more. Despairing quacks with curses fled the place, And vile attorneys, now a useless race.
Página 113 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Página v - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Página 98 - ... of his woollen or silken thread to that part of the picture he is copying. The object of the process being to present as smooth and delicate a surface as possible, all cuttings and fastenings are performed at the back. Hence the necessity of his working on the wrong side.
Página 224 - Here the o'erloaded slave flings down his burden From his gall'd shoulders; and, when the stern tyrant, With all his guards and tools of power about him, Is meditating new unheard-of hardships, Mocks his short arm, and quick as thought escapes, Where tyrants vex not, and the weary rest.
Página 234 - Nor number, nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind Though single.
Página 45 - France, there is a market, whither young girls resort, and stand hour after hour, with their flowing hair, rich and glossy, deriving additional lustre from the contrast with their naked shoulders. This is the resort of the merchant barbers, some of whom come even from England. The merchants pass along among them, examine the color, texture, evenness, and other qualities of the beautiful fleece, haggle for a sou, and finally buy.
Página 53 - When a guinguette adds an orchestra and a ball-room to its other attractions, it is called a bastringue.