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... excellence , and something of the peculiar character which , in happier days , the genius of the same tribe is to stamp upon worthier productions . The future Scott , or Lawrence , or Chantrey , may be indicated afar off in the ...
... excellence , and something of the peculiar character which , in happier days , the genius of the same tribe is to stamp upon worthier productions . The future Scott , or Lawrence , or Chantrey , may be indicated afar off in the ...
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... excellence save by price . The quantities of silver and gold , precious stones , and expensive colours , employed in works of art , were immense . Art , unequal to the task of touching the heart by either action or sentiment , appealed ...
... excellence save by price . The quantities of silver and gold , precious stones , and expensive colours , employed in works of art , were immense . Art , unequal to the task of touching the heart by either action or sentiment , appealed ...
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... excellence . The earliest account of its appearance in England is during the reign of Henry the Eighth , but there is no reason to doubt that it was well known and in general esteem much earlier 10 GREAT ENGLISH PAINTERS .
... excellence . The earliest account of its appearance in England is during the reign of Henry the Eighth , but there is no reason to doubt that it was well known and in general esteem much earlier 10 GREAT ENGLISH PAINTERS .
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... and unlaboured excellence of his colouring , have been written upon and talked about in every na- tion ; and the universal eulogy need not be repeated here . * Rubens remained one year in England , 26 GREAT ENGLISH PAINTERS .
... and unlaboured excellence of his colouring , have been written upon and talked about in every na- tion ; and the universal eulogy need not be repeated here . * Rubens remained one year in England , 26 GREAT ENGLISH PAINTERS .
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... excellence consists in softness and delicacy , and in a manner broad and transparent . His colouring is beautiful ; his shades not changed , but helped by varnish ; and there is very little appearance of the pencil . When Charles ...
... excellence consists in softness and delicacy , and in a manner broad and transparent . His colouring is beautiful ; his shades not changed , but helped by varnish ; and there is very little appearance of the pencil . When Charles ...
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Page 309 - Little Lamb, who made thee ? Dost thou know who made thee ? Gave thee life and bid thee feed, By the stream and o'er the mead ? Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright ? Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee ? Dost thou know who made thee ? Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, Little Lamb, I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild; He became a little child. I a child, and thou...
Page 277 - What the hammer? What the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee...
Page 277 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Page 276 - Whether in Heaven ye wander fair, Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air Where the melodious winds have birth...
Page 281 - PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again,
Page 210 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 281 - Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again"; So I piped: he wept to hear. "Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read.
Page 209 - The only dedication I ever made was to my brother, because I loved him better than most other men. He is since dead. Permit me to inscribe this Poem to you.
Page xxxiv - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things.
Page 302 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning...