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... talents and industry , on which he had counted for the repose of his declining years . For some time it affected him deeply , and he was at a loss what steps to take . At last , how- ever , on reflecting on the marked friendship and ...
... talents and industry , on which he had counted for the repose of his declining years . For some time it affected him deeply , and he was at a loss what steps to take . At last , how- ever , on reflecting on the marked friendship and ...
Page 57
... talents were to be dedicated to the ser- vice of the suffering church ; but as soon as he had openly committed himself as a Catholic , his nomi- nation to the priesthood was heard of no more . To the Romish church he was much attached ...
... talents were to be dedicated to the ser- vice of the suffering church ; but as soon as he had openly committed himself as a Catholic , his nomi- nation to the priesthood was heard of no more . To the Romish church he was much attached ...
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... talents were at this early period equally de- cided and just . " The colouring of Wilson is very masterly , " he observes , in one of his letters , " his VOL . II . - F style of design is more grand , more consistent , BARRY . 61 .
... talents were at this early period equally de- cided and just . " The colouring of Wilson is very masterly , " he observes , in one of his letters , " his VOL . II . - F style of design is more grand , more consistent , BARRY . 61 .
Page 72
... talents might be of use , when I see what the inevitable consequences must be of your persevering in what has hitherto been your course ever since I knew you , and which you will permit me to trace out to you beforehand . You will come ...
... talents might be of use , when I see what the inevitable consequences must be of your persevering in what has hitherto been your course ever since I knew you , and which you will permit me to trace out to you beforehand . You will come ...
Page 73
... talents will depart for want of hope and encourage- ment , and you will go out of the world fretted , dis- appointed , and ruined . Nothing but my real regard for you could induce me to set these considerations in this light before you ...
... talents will depart for want of hope and encourage- ment , and you will go out of the world fretted , dis- appointed , and ruined . Nothing but my real regard for you could induce me to set these considerations in this light before you ...
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Page 126 - 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 131 - 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 150 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning...
Page 125 - 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 126 - 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 142 - This is an awful thing to say to oil painters ; they may call it madness, but it is true. All the genuine old little pictures, called cabinet pictures, are in fresco and not in oil.
Page 141 - Colouring does not depend on where the Colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on Form or Outline. On where that is put; where that is wrong, the Colouring never can be right; and it is always wrong in Titian and Correggio, Rubens and Rembrandt.
Page 232 - Peter's, scattered into infinity of jarring parts by Bramante and his successors, he concentrated ; suspended the cupola, and to the most complex gave the air of the most simple of edifices.
Page 143 - The characters of Chaucer's Pilgrims are the characters which compose all ages and nations: as one age falls, another rises, different to mortal sight, but to immortals only the same; for we see the same characters repeated again and again, in animals, vegetables, minerals, and in men; nothing new occurs in identical existence; Accident ever varies, Substance can never suffer change nor decay. Of Chaucer's characters, as described in his Canterbury Tales...
Page 143 - Belvidere, and all the grand works of ancient art. They were executed in a very superior style to those justly admired copies, being with their accompaniments terrific and grand in the highest degree. The Artist has endeavoured to emulate the grandeur of those seen in his vision, and to apply it to modern Heroes, on a smaller scale.