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... speak , mannerism of scan- ning a fine picture , evinced in much that is put forward as criticism by connoisseurs . It seems to us that the reverence paid to authority , or to the dictum of some Sir Joshua , and that sort of indefinite ...
... speak , mannerism of scan- ning a fine picture , evinced in much that is put forward as criticism by connoisseurs . It seems to us that the reverence paid to authority , or to the dictum of some Sir Joshua , and that sort of indefinite ...
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... speaking of the National Gallery particularly , which contains some of the most cele- brated English works , from an examination of which he formed the groundwork of the criticism now to be quoted . " The origin of original painting in ...
... speaking of the National Gallery particularly , which contains some of the most cele- brated English works , from an examination of which he formed the groundwork of the criticism now to be quoted . " The origin of original painting in ...
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... speak most pleasantly and variously for himself . Independent of the peculiar value and interest belonging to Scott's Life , considering him merely as a man of great genius and worth , independent of the lessons which this history ...
... speak most pleasantly and variously for himself . Independent of the peculiar value and interest belonging to Scott's Life , considering him merely as a man of great genius and worth , independent of the lessons which this history ...
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... speak of the physical energies of an athletic frame , the ap- proach of that night in which his light was to set , and when oblivion and stupor were to possess him , offers a theme for consideration that is melancholy in proportion to ...
... speak of the physical energies of an athletic frame , the ap- proach of that night in which his light was to set , and when oblivion and stupor were to possess him , offers a theme for consideration that is melancholy in proportion to ...
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... speak from the Bench , not a word was audible , such was the frenzy . Young Harden was returned by a great majority , 40 to 19 , and we then with difficulty gained the inn where the carriage had been put up . But the aspect of the ...
... speak from the Bench , not a word was audible , such was the frenzy . Young Harden was returned by a great majority , 40 to 19 , and we then with difficulty gained the inn where the carriage had been put up . But the aspect of the ...
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Página 32 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous — be religious — be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Página 112 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Página 597 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Página 602 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 32 - Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm, that every window was wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Página 599 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Página 466 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 602 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.
Página 601 - With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, And in the porches of my ears did pour The leperous distilment ; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man That swift as quick-silver it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And with a sudden vigour it doth posset And curd, like eager...
Página 600 - That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, ]3ut our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them: There on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke ; When down her weedy trophies, and herself, Fell in the weeping brook.