Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... divine either in her head or attitude . Next to her , in not uncongenial contiguity , is Dan- necker's Ariadne on the Panther , —exhibiting a voluptuousness of position , combined with an exquisite charm in the undulat- ing contour of ...
... divine either in her head or attitude . Next to her , in not uncongenial contiguity , is Dan- necker's Ariadne on the Panther , —exhibiting a voluptuousness of position , combined with an exquisite charm in the undulat- ing contour of ...
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... divine Apollo , such tinting would be inadmissible . He must stand forth in the simple majesty of pure white ; and in order to produce this effect , the colour of the wall should be chamois or orange - grey , which tends to neutralise ...
... divine Apollo , such tinting would be inadmissible . He must stand forth in the simple majesty of pure white ; and in order to produce this effect , the colour of the wall should be chamois or orange - grey , which tends to neutralise ...
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... Divine impress , -those flowerings of creation , in which man most recognises the perfections of the ever - blessed One who made both him and them . But the wheel has turned round . To an epoch essentially frigid , godless , and mate ...
... Divine impress , -those flowerings of creation , in which man most recognises the perfections of the ever - blessed One who made both him and them . But the wheel has turned round . To an epoch essentially frigid , godless , and mate ...
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... divine ? and what is divine but that which man feels to bear most brightly the impress of its Divine Maker ? The beautiful , in short , instead of being , as the Asso- ciationists affirm , merely a chameleon - like phantasm , having no ...
... divine ? and what is divine but that which man feels to bear most brightly the impress of its Divine Maker ? The beautiful , in short , instead of being , as the Asso- ciationists affirm , merely a chameleon - like phantasm , having no ...
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... Divine Maker as ever to harmonise with the mental and physical structure of man ; but when we depart from these elements , and produce mixed or artificial colours , we get into a sphere where instinctive preferences begin to be felt ...
... Divine Maker as ever to harmonise with the mental and physical structure of man ; but when we depart from these elements , and produce mixed or artificial colours , we get into a sphere where instinctive preferences begin to be felt ...
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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.