Wonders of SculptureS. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1872 - 360 sidor |
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Sida 328 - Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great ; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best — The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one ! ODE FROM THE FRENCH.
Sida 57 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Sida 45 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Sida 215 - Grato mi è il sonno, e più l'esser di sasso: mentre che il danno e la vergogna ' dura, non veder, non sentir, m'è gran ventura; però non mi destar; deh parla basso!
Sida 215 - La Notte, che tu vedi in sì dolci atti Dormire, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso: e, perché dorme, ha vita: Destala, se no 'l credi, e parleratti. A...
Sida 312 - Je suis nourri aux grands ouvrages, je nage quand j'y travaille, et le marbre tremble devant moi, pour grosse que soit la pièce ». Sa faveur dura jusqu'à sa mort; il mourut en 1692.
Sida 281 - Roubiliac ; and has been, and now is, visited and justly admired by all judges of merit, and lovers of ingenuity. Above is represented a lady expiring in the arms of her husband ; beneath, slily peeping from a tomb, the King of Terrors presents his grim visage, pointing his unerring dart to the dying figure, at which sight the husband, suddenly struck with astonishment, seems to clasp her to his bosom, to defend her from the fatal stroke.
Sida 209 - While the best and most industrious artists were labouring, by the light of Giotto and his followers, to give the world examples of such power as the benignity of their stars and the varied character of their fantasies enabled them to command, and while desirous of imitating the perfection of Nature by the excellence of Art, they were struggling to attain that high comprehension which many call intelligence, and were universally toiling, but for the most part in vain, the Ruler of Heaven was pleased...
Sida 328 - THE man who was fondly regarded as " the first, in War, the first in Peace, and the first in the Hearts of his countrymen," could trace the line of his ancestry back nearly to the Norman conquest of England.
Sida 209 - ... followers, to give the world examples of such power as the benignity of their stars and the varied character of their fantasies enabled them to command, and while desirous of imitating the perfection of Nature by the excellence of Art, they were struggling to attain that high comprehension which many call intelligence, and were universally toiling, but for the most part in vain, the Ruler of Heaven was pleased to turn the eyes of his clemency towards earth, and perceiving the fruitlessness of...