I saw you last ; by no means, replied the sculptor, I have retouched this part, and polished that; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle ; I have given more expression to this lip and more energy to this limb : Well, well, said his... An elementary Indian reader - Page 23by sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877Full view - About this book
| Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1821 - 280 pages
...saw you last ; by no means, replied the sculptor, I have retouched this part, and polished that ; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle...well, said his friend, but all these are trifles; it maybe so, replied Angelo, but recollect that trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle.... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1824 - 286 pages
...the sculptor, I have retouched this part and polished thai ; I have softened this feature and hrought out this muscle ; I have given more expression to this lip. and more energy to this limhWell, well, said his friend, hut all Ihese are. trifles; it may he so, replied Angelo, hut recollect... | |
| William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...you last." " By no means," replied the sculptor; " I have retouched this part, and polished that ; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle ; I have given more expression (o this lip, and more energy to this limb." " Well, well," said his friend, " but all these are trifles."... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1828 - 336 pages
...sculptor, I have retouched this part and polished that ; I have softened this feature and brought out his muscle ; I have given more expression to this lip,...trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifleCLXIX. If it be true, that men of strong imaginations are usually dogmatists, and I am inclined... | |
| 1832 - 618 pages
...saw you last ! By no means replied the sculptor, 1 have retouched this part, and polished that ; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle...Angelo, but recollect that trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. — Penny Magazine, Curioi/s Mode of Punishing a Murderer. — Sir George... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1832 - 266 pages
...saw you last ; by no means, replied the sculptor, I have retouched this part and polished that ; I have softened this feature and brought out this muscle...energy to this limb. Well, well, said his friend, all these are trifles ; it may be so, replied Angelo, but recollect that trifles make perfection, and... | |
| Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...saw you last. By no means, replied the sculptor, I have retouched this part, and polished that ; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle...energy to this limb. Well, well, said his friend, hut all these are trifles. It may be so, replied Angelo, but recollect that trifles make perfection,... | |
| Caleb Charles Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1832 - 516 pages
...have given more expression to this lip, and more energy to this limb. Well, well, said his friend, all these are trifles ; it may be so, replied Angelo,...make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle. If it be true, that men of strong imaginations are usually dogmatists, and I am inclined to think it... | |
| 1834 - 536 pages
...yon last." " By no means," replied the sculptor, " 1 have retouched this part, and polished that ; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle...Well, well," said his friend, " but all these are trilles.1' " It may be so," replied Angelo," "but recollect that trifles make perfection, and that... | |
| Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...have retouched this part, and polished that; I have softened this feature, amlbroughtout thismuscle; I have given more expression to this lip, and more energy to this limb." " WelljWell/'said his friend, " but all these are trifles." " It may he so," replied Angelo," "but... | |
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