Fifty Years of Public Work of Sir Henry Cole, K. C. B., Accounted for in His Deeds, Speeches and Writings, Volume 1G. Bell, 1884 - Art |
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Page 154 - Presents will and ordain that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. AND...
Page 179 - God Save the Queen" had been sung, and at the head of the Commissioners — a curious assemblage of political and distinguished men — read me the Report, which is a long one, and to which I read a short answer. After which the Archbishop of Canterbury offered up a short and appropriate prayer, followed by the "Hallelujah Chorus," during which the Chinese Mandarin came forward and made his obeisance.
Page 178 - Peace-Festival," which united the industry of all nations of the earth — all this was moving indeed, and it was and is a day to live for ever. God bless my dearest Albert ! God bless my dearest country, which has shown itself so great to-day ! One felt so grateful to the great God, who seemed to pervade all and to bless all...
Page 218 - Diary continues, this beautiful city, with its broad streets and lofty houses, ' decorated in the most tasteful manner possible, with banners, flags, arches, flowers, inscriptions, and finally illuminations, full of people, lined with troops, National Guards, and troops of the Line and Chasseurs d'Afrique, beautifully kept, and most enthusiastic ! And yet this gives but a faint notion of this triumph, as it was. There were endless cries of " Vive la Reine d'Angleterre ! " " Vive UEmpereur ! "
Page 84 - I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon skull.
Page 165 - I cannot conceal from you that we are on the point of having to abandon the Exhibition altogether. We have announced our intention to do so, if on the day the vast building ought to be begun the site is taken from us.
Page 116 - Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851.
Page 17 - UNITED THE DEEPEST HUMAN SYMPATHIES ' WITH WIDE AND PHILOSOPHIC VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT AND MANKIND, AND PURSUED THE NOBLEST POLITICAL AND SOCIAL OBJECTS/ ABOVE PARTY SPIRIT AND WITHOUT AN ENEMY. HIS CHARACTER WAS DISTINGUISHED BY SINCERITY AND RESOLUTION, HIS MIND BY VIVACITY AND CLEARNESS OF COMPREHENSION ; WHILE THE VIGOUR OF EXPRESSION AND SINGULAR WIT, THAT MADE HIM EMINENT IN DEBATE AND DELIGHTFUL IN SOCIETY, WERE TEMPERED BY A MOST GENTLE AND GENEROUS DISPOSITION, EARNEST IN FRIENDSHIP AND DELIGHTFUL...
Page 197 - used up" by the Exhibition. I don't say "there is nothing in it" — there's too much. I have only been twice; so many things bewildered me. I have a natural horror of sights, and the fusion of so many sights in one has not decreased it. I am not sure that I have seen anything but the fountain and perhaps the Amazon. It is a dreadful thing to be obliged to be false, but when anyone says, "Have you seen ?
Page 18 - Who knows the inscrutable design ? Blessed be He who took and gave ! Why should your mother, Charles, not mine, Be weeping at her darling's grave?* We bow to Heaven that...