The Contemporary Review, Volumen49A. Strahan, 1886 |
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Página 43
... painted ( it was done in the earlier half of the present century ) with what Mr. Baedeker calls " polychromatic ornament , " which sits uneasily on their pointed arches and gaunt stone pillars , as out of place as a bit of Liberty silk ...
... painted ( it was done in the earlier half of the present century ) with what Mr. Baedeker calls " polychromatic ornament , " which sits uneasily on their pointed arches and gaunt stone pillars , as out of place as a bit of Liberty silk ...
Página 44
... paintings , of which we shall speak presently , the atmosphere of the town itself soon grows delightful . The little sturdy brown houses of the poorer quarters of the town , with their irrelevant gables and heavy wood- work , carved ...
... paintings , of which we shall speak presently , the atmosphere of the town itself soon grows delightful . The little sturdy brown houses of the poorer quarters of the town , with their irrelevant gables and heavy wood- work , carved ...
Página 45
... painter and the every - day domestic life of his time , which is the very key - note of all Flemish painting . And even as far back as the days of Giotto , the simplicity of the Italian was not only inferior in degree , but totally ...
... painter and the every - day domestic life of his time , which is the very key - note of all Flemish painting . And even as far back as the days of Giotto , the simplicity of the Italian was not only inferior in degree , but totally ...
Página 46
... painting , is not an interesting one ; and the Virgin herself differs little from the usual mild - mannered lady who is generally cast for this part in Flemish pictures . But the priest is an important personage , of as marked an ...
... painting , is not an interesting one ; and the Virgin herself differs little from the usual mild - mannered lady who is generally cast for this part in Flemish pictures . But the priest is an important personage , of as marked an ...
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... painted at the commencement of each season , beats back the bright light reflected from the sea upon the red bricks of the long promenade ; till , on a really fine day , the effect is one of the most dazzling possible , and reminds the ...
... painted at the commencement of each season , beats back the bright light reflected from the sea upon the red bricks of the long promenade ; till , on a really fine day , the effect is one of the most dazzling possible , and reminds the ...
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Página 522 - And my speech, and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Página 522 - He hath remembered His mercy and His truth Toward the house of Israel : All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Página 667 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Página 179 - Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Página 241 - Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old: My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Página 518 - Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly long'd for death. ' 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want.
Página 529 - Yes, we arraign her! but she, The weary Titan ! with deaf Ears, and labour-dimm'd eyes, Regarding neither to right Nor left, goes passively by, Staggering on to her goal ; Bearing on shoulders immense, Atlantean, the load, Wellnigh not to be borne, Of the too vast orb of her fate.
Página 531 - His choir, The Nine. — The Leader is fairest, But all are divine. They are lost in the hollows. They stream up again. What seeks on this mountain The glorified train ? — They bathe on this mountain, In the spring by their road. Then on to Olympus, Their endless abode.
Página 524 - The future of poetry is immense, because in poetry, where it is worthy of its high destinies, our race, as time goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay. There is not a creed which is not shaken, not an accredited dogma which is not shown to be questionable, not a received tradition which does not threaten to dissolve. Our religion has...
Página 532 - To where the Atlantic raves Outside the western straits ; and unbent sails There, where down cloudy cliffs, through sheets of foam, Shy traffickers, the dark Iberians come; And on the beach undid his corded bales.