Memorials of a Tour on the Continent: To which are Added Miscellaneous PoemsW. Pickering, 1845 - 311 páginas |
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Página 140
... surface of the snow , and one or two dead half - fledged birds . snow . We remained on the summit of the Col until a quar- ter before one , and then commenced the descent to- wards Courmayeur . Our way lay down a long preci- pice of ...
... surface of the snow , and one or two dead half - fledged birds . snow . We remained on the summit of the Col until a quar- ter before one , and then commenced the descent to- wards Courmayeur . Our way lay down a long preci- pice of ...
Página 157
... surface , and is therefore , geometrically speaking , of two dimensions only . Its unities of time and place are necessarily , as in a piece of sculpture , perfect ; and so ought its unity of action to be ; albeit , greater latitude is ...
... surface , and is therefore , geometrically speaking , of two dimensions only . Its unities of time and place are necessarily , as in a piece of sculpture , perfect ; and so ought its unity of action to be ; albeit , greater latitude is ...
Página 159
... surface , which is the limit of the approach that the object in a picture can make towards the spectator ; and the world of painting , as it were , thus becomes a region safely removed from the interference of external objects . Hence ...
... surface , which is the limit of the approach that the object in a picture can make towards the spectator ; and the world of painting , as it were , thus becomes a region safely removed from the interference of external objects . Hence ...
Página 160
... surface of wood . Several ornaments appertaining to the dresses of the figures , and the keys borne by St. Peter , are attached bodily by gilt wires to the external surface of the painting . But from the hardness of the outlines , the ...
... surface of wood . Several ornaments appertaining to the dresses of the figures , and the keys borne by St. Peter , are attached bodily by gilt wires to the external surface of the painting . But from the hardness of the outlines , the ...
Página 162
... surface ; a principle certainly acknow- ledged in the following graphic passage from the Pro- messi Sposi ( cap . iv . ) , where it is said of two persons , neither of whom will suffer the other to take the wall- " Quei due si venivano ...
... surface ; a principle certainly acknow- ledged in the following graphic passage from the Pro- messi Sposi ( cap . iv . ) , where it is said of two persons , neither of whom will suffer the other to take the wall- " Quei due si venivano ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ancient Apennine appear ascent beauty beneath BETCHWORTH breath bright Casa del Bosco Catania Chamonix child cliff cloud Col du Géant cold colour Courmayeur crevasses Daguerrotype dark dear descended Devouassoud earth effect Etna EXTRACT FROM MANUSCRIPT fire Florence flowers fresco gaze Géant Genevieve glacier glorious golden grace guides hand hast heard heart heaven height hills hour hues John Herschel La Verna lava light look MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL marble Maurice Mont Blanc Monte Nuovo morning mountain Naples Nature night Nisida Note o'clock o'er ocean once painting passed picture Pisa river Mole rocks round scene scenery sculpture serac shade shore sight slope snow song SONNET soul sound spirit stars statue stone stood stream summit sweet sweet oblivion thee thine things thou thoughts truth turn twas vapours Venice voice walk weather whilst wild wind wing
Passagens conhecidas
Página 175 - You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Página 127 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Página 175 - But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive...
Página 182 - ... che nella capitale; tutte queste doti vere ed uniche di quel fortunato e libero paese, mi rapirono...
Página 158 - ... if what has happened in the case of sculpture, had likewise happened in regard to their paintings, and we had the good fortune to possess what the ancients themselves esteemed their master-pieces, I have no doubt but we should find their figures as correctly drawn as the Laocoon, and probably...
Página 158 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance, and hath preserved you in the great danger...
Página 170 - ... virginis est verae facies, quam vivere credas et, si non obstet reverentia, velle moveri: ars adeo latet arte sua. miratur et haurit pectore Pygmalion simulati corporis ignes.
Página 182 - ... in queste tante diramazioni della pubblica felicità, provenienti dal miglior governo. Onde, benché io allora non ne studiassi profondamente la costituzione, madre di tanta prosperità, ne seppi però abbastanza osservare e valutare gli effetti divini.
Página 174 - Sir, the year growing ancient, — Not yet on summer's death, nor on the birth Of trembling winter, — the fairest flowers o...
Página 133 - ... scramble up to the base of a small column of ice, that communicated with a sort of platform, on which there was firm, though scanty standing room, and whence the bridge might be immediately reached. The ice column looked insecure ; and the more so, from the quantity of brilliantly white fresh-fallen snow that had lodged against it. Its firmness, however, was put to the proof by blows with an ice pole, and it was partially cleared of the fresh snow. Devouassoud then cautiously cut steps round...