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... reading , by their passing , untranscribed , into other hands , before the fancy amused me to compile a selection pos- sessing some connexion with the art that has chiefly occupied my life ; in which I have most delighted PREFACE . 9.
... reading , by their passing , untranscribed , into other hands , before the fancy amused me to compile a selection pos- sessing some connexion with the art that has chiefly occupied my life ; in which I have most delighted PREFACE . 9.
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... of every eye and every hand . How many volumes , the result of much observation and great labour , remain idle and useless on the shelves of vast libraries , whose boast only depends on number ; and how often might they 2 PREFACE . 13.
... of every eye and every hand . How many volumes , the result of much observation and great labour , remain idle and useless on the shelves of vast libraries , whose boast only depends on number ; and how often might they 2 PREFACE . 13.
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... hand ; But others at a distance strike the sight ; This seeks the shade , but that demands the light , Nor dreads the connoisseur's fastidious view , But , ten times scrutinized , is ten times new . Byron . PERCEPTION OF BEAUTY ...
... hand ; But others at a distance strike the sight ; This seeks the shade , but that demands the light , Nor dreads the connoisseur's fastidious view , But , ten times scrutinized , is ten times new . Byron . PERCEPTION OF BEAUTY ...
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... hand And feel no mountings of the soul within ? Find not his mould of intellect expand , And the creations of the pencil win * His thoughts toward heaven , to which they are akin ; Ennobling his whole being - touching chords Of holiest ...
... hand And feel no mountings of the soul within ? Find not his mould of intellect expand , And the creations of the pencil win * His thoughts toward heaven , to which they are akin ; Ennobling his whole being - touching chords Of holiest ...
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... hand in hand Sit paramount the Graces ; here enthroned , Celestial Venus , with divinest airs , Invites the soul to never - fading joy . Akenside . WOMEN AND PICTURES . Ir , indeed , women were mere outside , form and face only , and if ...
... hand in hand Sit paramount the Graces ; here enthroned , Celestial Venus , with divinest airs , Invites the soul to never - fading joy . Akenside . WOMEN AND PICTURES . Ir , indeed , women were mere outside , form and face only , and if ...
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PORTFOLIO OF AN ARTIST Rembrandt 1778-1860 Peale, Comp,Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of No preview available - 2016 |
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admiration agreeable Anon artist Barry Cornwall beams beauty behold bloom breath bright brow Byron canvass character charms clouds colours D'Israeli dark delight divine dreams earth enjoyment face fade fair fame fancy feeling flowers genius give glory glow GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE grace Greece hair hand happiness hath heart heaven honour hues human imagination imitation immortal intellectual Johnson Julius Cæsar kindled kindred labour landscape light lips living look loveliness lustre lyre M. A. Shee mankind memory mind moral morning mountain muse N. P. Willis nature Nature's o'er object painter painting passions pencil perfection picture pleasure poet poetry portrait praise pride R. H. Dana rapture refinement REMBRANDT PEALE rience S. T. Coleridge scene sentiment shade shine sight smiles soft song soul spirit star Stickney sublime sweet taste thee things thou art thought touch truth virtue voice W. C. Bryant wild wonder youth