Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... seen from the ex- position there given of the peculiar modes of land - tenure which have existed in India from immemorial time . R. H. P. DECEMBER 26 , 1861 . CONTENTS COLOUR IN NATURE AND ART . REAL AND IDEAL vi PREFACE .
... seen from the ex- position there given of the peculiar modes of land - tenure which have existed in India from immemorial time . R. H. P. DECEMBER 26 , 1861 . CONTENTS COLOUR IN NATURE AND ART . REAL AND IDEAL vi PREFACE .
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... seen in the lovely mantle of Colour in which the earth is robed . Like all things very common , we do not sufficiently prize this robe of beauty which Nature puts on for our gratification . It is in such complete harmony with our visual ...
... seen in the lovely mantle of Colour in which the earth is robed . Like all things very common , we do not sufficiently prize this robe of beauty which Nature puts on for our gratification . It is in such complete harmony with our visual ...
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... seen in its greatest variety and perfection . There colour is seen in peculiar gorgeousness , and combined with so much else that is attractive , as to constitute Flowers but another name for the beautiful . The most popular of ...
... seen in its greatest variety and perfection . There colour is seen in peculiar gorgeousness , and combined with so much else that is attractive , as to constitute Flowers but another name for the beautiful . The most popular of ...
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... seen mixed , side by side , or in succession . But when we come to mixtures of the secondary and tertiary colours , it cannot fail to be perceived that brilliance of hue is vanishing more and more ; and there are some colours whose ...
... seen mixed , side by side , or in succession . But when we come to mixtures of the secondary and tertiary colours , it cannot fail to be perceived that brilliance of hue is vanishing more and more ; and there are some colours whose ...
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... seen , the phantom colours are always the complementaries ( or opposite ) of the actual ones . A more complex form ... seen with the left eye , a pale - green one with the right . These appearances are seen still better if , instead of ...
... seen , the phantom colours are always the complementaries ( or opposite ) of the actual ones . A more complex form ... seen with the left eye , a pale - green one with the right . These appearances are seen still better if , instead of ...
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.