Payne's universum, or pictorial world: engravings of views, portraits [&c.] ed. [with descriptive letterpress] by C. Edwards, Tema 106,Volumen2 |
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... original ; for the few records that we have of this artist , hand down his memory to us as of one that was but little disposed to revel in the flights of fancy or imagination . Liotard was born at Geneva in the year 1702. His father ...
... original ; for the few records that we have of this artist , hand down his memory to us as of one that was but little disposed to revel in the flights of fancy or imagination . Liotard was born at Geneva in the year 1702. His father ...
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... original lustre to the present day ; and it has been remarked that they display the same beautiful effect at whatever distance they may be viewed . One of his most celebrated pictures , that of the Doctor attending the sick Woman ...
... original lustre to the present day ; and it has been remarked that they display the same beautiful effect at whatever distance they may be viewed . One of his most celebrated pictures , that of the Doctor attending the sick Woman ...
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... originals , was placed in the gallery of the Escurial : it was taken away during the occupation by the French , then it ... original disappeared : it was for- tunately preserved , and was found again , but with only two leaves of the ...
... originals , was placed in the gallery of the Escurial : it was taken away during the occupation by the French , then it ... original disappeared : it was for- tunately preserved , and was found again , but with only two leaves of the ...
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... original destination . The four handsome candelabras , before the grand altar , were once the property of King Charles I. of England , and the baptismal - font in the cross - aisle was used at the baptism of the Emperor Charles V. There ...
... original destination . The four handsome candelabras , before the grand altar , were once the property of King Charles I. of England , and the baptismal - font in the cross - aisle was used at the baptism of the Emperor Charles V. There ...
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... original conditions ; so that , as Ellen now wants but three months of being of age , I am afraid that we shall soon lose the Belle of the Village . GOETHE'S MONUMENT , IN FRANKFURT ON THE MAINE . ALREADY , in the life - time of Goethe ...
... original conditions ; so that , as Ellen now wants but three months of being of age , I am afraid that we shall soon lose the Belle of the Village . GOETHE'S MONUMENT , IN FRANKFURT ON THE MAINE . ALREADY , in the life - time of Goethe ...
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Página 15 - So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight, which he himself Foretold should be his last, full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.
Página 15 - He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely: Ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he rais'd in you, Ipswich, and Oxford!
Página 15 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Página 72 - Whose rivulets are like rich brides, Lovely, with gold beneath their tides ; Whose sandal groves and bowers of spice Might be a Peri's Paradise ! But crimson now her rivers ran With human blood — the smell of death Came reeking from those spicy bowers, And man, the sacrifice of man, Mingled his taint with every breath Upwafted from the innocent flowers...
Página 15 - Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Página 100 - I received your letter with indignation, and with scorn return you this answer; that I cannot but wonder whence you should gather any hopes that I should prove, like you...
Página 86 - ... between you and it. And so it is throughout the south and west of Ireland ; the traveller is haunted by the face of the popular starvation. It is not tbe exception, it is the condition of the people.
Página 15 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues * We write in water.
Página 93 - tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Página 86 - It is not the exception, it is the condition of the people. In this fairest and richest of countries, men are suffering and starving by millions. There are thousands of them at this minute stretched in the sunshine at their cabin doors with no work, scarcely any food, no hope seemingly. Strong countrymen are lying in bed "for the hunger " — because a man lying on his back does not need so much food as a person a-foot.