Leicester square; its associations and its worthies. With a sketch of Hunter's scientific character and works, by R. Owen1874 - 495 páginas |
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... Portrait of Hogarth . By himself . 279 Hogarth's House at Chiswick Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds . By himself Portrait of John Hunter . By Sir Joshua Reynolds The Shakespeare Fountain . Designed by James Knowles Busts of Newton ...
... Portrait of Hogarth . By himself . 279 Hogarth's House at Chiswick Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds . By himself Portrait of John Hunter . By Sir Joshua Reynolds The Shakespeare Fountain . Designed by James Knowles Busts of Newton ...
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... portrait still hangs at Penshurst . " Latent energy and royal temper , " says its latest describer , " sleep in the large languishing eyes , and even in the softness of a luxurious person , a blonde complexion and sunny hair , there are ...
... portrait still hangs at Penshurst . " Latent energy and royal temper , " says its latest describer , " sleep in the large languishing eyes , and even in the softness of a luxurious person , a blonde complexion and sunny hair , there are ...
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... portrait of the Earl was still in good preservation . On the 28th of January , 1662 , 1 the King sent Dr. Fraser , the Queen's physician , to Penshurst , to ask a courtesy of the Earl on behalf of the Queen of Bohemia , that he would ...
... portrait of the Earl was still in good preservation . On the 28th of January , 1662 , 1 the King sent Dr. Fraser , the Queen's physician , to Penshurst , to ask a courtesy of the Earl on behalf of the Queen of Bohemia , that he would ...
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... portraits and pictures she had saved from the wreck of her splendour . The jewels , after mementoes sent to each of her children , were given to Prince Rupert , the most affectionate and noblest of her sons . Her papers and portraits ...
... portraits and pictures she had saved from the wreck of her splendour . The jewels , after mementoes sent to each of her children , were given to Prince Rupert , the most affectionate and noblest of her sons . Her papers and portraits ...
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... master in languages and history , was one of these French refugee ministers ; his chapel was in Berwick Street , Soho . LEICESTER SQUARE . ( Before the removal of the Observatory 196 NEWTON AND Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton By Vanderbank.
... master in languages and history , was one of these French refugee ministers ; his chapel was in Berwick Street , Soho . LEICESTER SQUARE . ( Before the removal of the Observatory 196 NEWTON AND Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton By Vanderbank.
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Página 213 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 234 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what is worse a hundred times) with a red mark on the forehead from an uneasy hat; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox-hunters, and bear abundance of ruddycomplexioned children.
Página 27 - In 1616 he was made a knight of the bath at the creation of Charles prince of Wales. In...
Página 24 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 284 - But though it gave somewhat more scope for the fancy, it was still but a less kind of drudgery; and as I could not bring myself to act like some of my brethren, and make it a sort of manufactory to be carried on by the help of backgrounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses my family required.
Página 200 - His carriage then was very meek, sedate, and humble, never seemingly angry, of profound thought, his countenance mild, pleasant, and comely.
Página 286 - I have endeavoured to treat my subjects as a dramatic writer ; my picture is my stage, and men and women my players, who, by means of certain actions and gestures, are to exhibit a dumb show.
Página 235 - As soon as they can wipe off the sweat of the day, they must simper an hour and catch cold in the Princess's apartment ; from thence (as Shakspeare has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may ; and after that, till midnight, work, walk, or think, which they please.
Página 181 - He has a most unaffected modesty, and does scarcely bear the acknowledgments that all the world pay him : he descends to an easy equality with those with whom he converses ; and seems to assume nothing to himself, while he reasons with others...
Página 319 - Are aptly join'd; where parts on parts depend, Each made for each, as bodies for their soul, So as to form one true and perfect whole; Where a plain story to the eye is told, Which we conceive the moment we behold, — Hogarth unrivall'd stands, and shall engage Unrivall'd praise to the most distant age.