 Angelo has breathed forth in colors upon the ceiling and the walls. I contemplated his mighty sibyls and wondrously glorious prophets, every one of them a subject for a painting. My eyes drank in the magnificent processions, the beautiful groups of angels;...  The Improvisatore - Page 122by Hans Christian Andersen - 1869 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hans Christian Andersen - 1845 - 672 pages
...Angelo has breathed forth in colours upon the ceiling and the walls. I contemplated his mighty sybils and wondrously glorious prophets, every one of them...Eve gave the fruit to Adam ; the Almighty God, who flouted over the waters, not borne up by angels, as the older masters had represented him — no, the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Rome (Italy) - 1871 - 482 pages
...themselves, with the thoughts, to the vast universe which Michael Angelo had breathed forth in colours upon the ceiling and the walls. I contemplated his...floated over the waters, not borne up by angels, as the older masters had represented him—no, the company of angels rested upon him and his fluttering garments.... | |
 | John Small - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 646 pages
...themselves with the thoughts to the vast universe which Michael Angelo had breathed forth in colours upon the ceiling and the walls. I contemplated his...over the waters, — not borne up by angels, as the older masters had represented Him, — no, the company of angels rested upon Him and His fluttering... | |
 | William Croswell Doane - Easter - 1910 - 304 pages
...with lighted torches in their hands, before him and the high altar. The reading of the lessons began. But it was impossible to keep the eyes fixed on the...waters, not borne up by angels, as the old masters represented him — no, the company of angels rested upon him and his fluttering garments. It is true... | |
 | S. I. Avana - Easter - 2003 - 188 pages
...with lighted torches in their hands, before him and the high altar. The reading of the lessons began. But it was impossible to keep the eyes fixed on the...waters, not borne up by angels, as the old masters represented him - no, the company of angels rested upon him and his fluttering garments. It is true... | |
 | Augustus J. C. Hare - Transportation - 2005 - 517 pages
...walls. I contemplated his mighty sibyls and wondrously glorioas prophets, everyone of them a subject foe a painting. My eyes drank in the magnificent processions,...floated over the waters, not borne up by angels, as the older masters had represented him — no, the company of angels rested upon Him and His fluttering... | |
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