The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 էջ |
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... excellence in design . His neglect of mechanical means , particularly as regards Colours . — His professional independence , unmixed with obstinacy . -His pre - eminent faculty of invention , and success in the por- traiture of the ...
... excellence in design . His neglect of mechanical means , particularly as regards Colours . — His professional independence , unmixed with obstinacy . -His pre - eminent faculty of invention , and success in the por- traiture of the ...
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... excellence through any other medium but that of their idol , renounce all individual consequence , swear to his words , and rank themselves under his banner . The first sacrifice their model to themselves and their age ; the second ...
... excellence through any other medium but that of their idol , renounce all individual consequence , swear to his words , and rank themselves under his banner . The first sacrifice their model to themselves and their age ; the second ...
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... excellence . We contemplate the whole in its mass as an immense fabric reared for some noble purpose : on too near an approach , not perhaps of equal beauty , with parts left rough that might have been smoothed to neatness , and others ...
... excellence . We contemplate the whole in its mass as an immense fabric reared for some noble purpose : on too near an approach , not perhaps of equal beauty , with parts left rough that might have been smoothed to neatness , and others ...
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... excellence : when Venice , Milan , Rome , Florence , Bologna , Ferrara , and seve- ral other places , vied with each other , not in arms , but in science and in genius , and the splendour of a court was estimated by the number and ...
... excellence : when Venice , Milan , Rome , Florence , Bologna , Ferrara , and seve- ral other places , vied with each other , not in arms , but in science and in genius , and the splendour of a court was estimated by the number and ...
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... excellence of Dante , Petrarca , and Boccaccio , that the successful efforts of these authors to improve their native tongue , would have been more ef- fectual than the weak , though laudable , attempts made by them to revive the study ...
... excellence of Dante , Petrarca , and Boccaccio , that the successful efforts of these authors to improve their native tongue , would have been more ef- fectual than the weak , though laudable , attempts made by them to revive the study ...
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Էջ 368 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...
Էջ 206 - Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Էջ 218 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Էջ 218 - To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend...
Էջ 205 - In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Էջ 209 - As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Էջ 217 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell...
Էջ 220 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Էջ 219 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Էջ 217 - He said, and stood : But Satan, smitten with amazement, fell...