The Illustrated Magazine of ArtAlexander Montgomery, 1853 |
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... various phases of life on the continent . He had noted all , and in bodying forth what he had seen and felt , with a sharpness of outline , and a vivid reality , in which he has been scarcely surpassed by Cowper or Crabbe ; he must ...
... various phases of life on the continent . He had noted all , and in bodying forth what he had seen and felt , with a sharpness of outline , and a vivid reality , in which he has been scarcely surpassed by Cowper or Crabbe ; he must ...
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... various other materials are found Amongst the art manufactures of various nations in different parts of the world ; from Egypt , Nineveh , Babylon , Ancient Greece , and other places of the past , we have specimens of hand rings adapted ...
... various other materials are found Amongst the art manufactures of various nations in different parts of the world ; from Egypt , Nineveh , Babylon , Ancient Greece , and other places of the past , we have specimens of hand rings adapted ...
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... various kinds , and this practice was much in fashion amongst the medical professors of the Middle and Lower Roman empire - in whose works we trace the most ridiculous receipts . Trallian , a physician living in the fourth century ...
... various kinds , and this practice was much in fashion amongst the medical professors of the Middle and Lower Roman empire - in whose works we trace the most ridiculous receipts . Trallian , a physician living in the fourth century ...
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... various other means of amusement were provided . Moreover it was peopled with dwarf animals of all kinds ; here was a leveret not larger than a rat ; there a pair of turtle doves , a present from the empress of Russia , white as snow ...
... various other means of amusement were provided . Moreover it was peopled with dwarf animals of all kinds ; here was a leveret not larger than a rat ; there a pair of turtle doves , a present from the empress of Russia , white as snow ...
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... various plans were projected to obviate this incon- venience . The most successful was one which proposed to increase the durability of quill pens by means of metallic points ; but , as what was gained in this respect was lost in ...
... various plans were projected to obviate this incon- venience . The most successful was one which proposed to increase the durability of quill pens by means of metallic points ; but , as what was gained in this respect was lost in ...
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Página 330 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet *, and only took snuff.
Página 212 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Página 212 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 62 - To have produced it, to have preserved it, to have matured it, constitute the immortal claim of England on the esteem of mankind.
Página 22 - I am not that strong, active man you once knew me. You scarcely can conceive how much eight years of disappointment, anguish, and study, have worn me down.
Página 172 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces.
Página 180 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course, and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 22 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Página 148 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Página 19 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St Paul's Churchyard, who has written so many little books for children : he called himself their friend, but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone ; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of one Mr Thomas Trip.