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... cold indifference . The general style of the ensuing narrative dis- plays , perhaps occasionally , as much the character of the individual as the pretensions of an author . viii PREFACE . -Written familiarly , and unaffectedly , it.
... cold indifference . The general style of the ensuing narrative dis- plays , perhaps occasionally , as much the character of the individual as the pretensions of an author . viii PREFACE . -Written familiarly , and unaffectedly , it.
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... style , consisting of six Ionic pillars , surmounted by a gilt ballustrade , and four vases . That this design may be good in its place , no one will dispute ; but to me , whenever my eyes fell upon it , its style and character ...
... style , consisting of six Ionic pillars , surmounted by a gilt ballustrade , and four vases . That this design may be good in its place , no one will dispute ; but to me , whenever my eyes fell upon it , its style and character ...
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... style of excellence . Add to these , the equally beautiful representation of Atala by Girodet , and also his Endymion . That sculpture by Julien , placed in the rotunda , must also be noticed , -La Baigneuse , or nymph about to bathe ...
... style of excellence . Add to these , the equally beautiful representation of Atala by Girodet , and also his Endymion . That sculpture by Julien , placed in the rotunda , must also be noticed , -La Baigneuse , or nymph about to bathe ...
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... style of this room is entirely of purple vel- vet , most sumptuously embroidered with gold : and his Majesty's dressing - cabinet is of the most deli- cate golden fillagree . This royal edifice was begun in 1564 , and now presents a ...
... style of this room is entirely of purple vel- vet , most sumptuously embroidered with gold : and his Majesty's dressing - cabinet is of the most deli- cate golden fillagree . This royal edifice was begun in 1564 , and now presents a ...
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... style ; while history , sacred , and classical , religion , the stage , & c . furnish subjects . You may see the Horatii and Curiatii - a scene from the Fourberies de Scapin of Moliere - a group of French soldiers with the inscription ...
... style ; while history , sacred , and classical , religion , the stage , & c . furnish subjects . You may see the Horatii and Curiatii - a scene from the Fourberies de Scapin of Moliere - a group of French soldiers with the inscription ...
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Page 267 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Page 10 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Page 321 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab. Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 78 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave, Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay; We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knocked.
Page 228 - La Notte che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormir, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso, e perche dorme, ha vita : Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.' To which Michelangelo replied : — ' Grato m' e 'I sonno, e piu 1' esser di sasso, Mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura ; Non veder, non sentir, m...
Page 44 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 338 - Lo! the heavens are open ; if you enter not now, when will you enter? For twelve pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment ? If you had but one coat, you ought to strip yourself instantly, and sell it, in order to purchase such benefits, &c.
Page 303 - Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Page 268 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 338 - If any man. said they, purchase letters of indulgence, his soul may rest secure with respect to its salvation : the souls confined in purgatory, for whose redemption indulgences are purchased, as soon as the money tinkles in the chest, instantly escape from that place of torment, and ascend into heaven...