The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 էջ |
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... taken , and the truth of the accusation established to its utmost extent . An upright judgment was awarded ; the property restored ; and the guilty magistrate then absconded , to avoid the personal punishment so justly due to his crimes ...
... taken , and the truth of the accusation established to its utmost extent . An upright judgment was awarded ; the property restored ; and the guilty magistrate then absconded , to avoid the personal punishment so justly due to his crimes ...
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... the King of Prussia to visit his native country , to endeavour to dis- sipate his grief for the loss of a beloved wife . Sulzer , who had taken a lively interest in the cause which these young men had advocated , was about 36 22 THE LIFE ...
... the King of Prussia to visit his native country , to endeavour to dis- sipate his grief for the loss of a beloved wife . Sulzer , who had taken a lively interest in the cause which these young men had advocated , was about 36 22 THE LIFE ...
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... taken the most active part in the affair against their relation and moreover that , although his companions might , under this circumstance , from their powerful connexions , return at no distant period with impunity , yet Fuseli , not ...
... taken the most active part in the affair against their relation and moreover that , although his companions might , under this circumstance , from their powerful connexions , return at no distant period with impunity , yet Fuseli , not ...
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... taken up his abode in " the eternal city , " he again changed the spell- ing of his name ; this he did to accommodate it to the Italian pronunciation ; and always after- wards signed , Fuseli . " 66 His views now were to see the stores ...
... taken up his abode in " the eternal city , " he again changed the spell- ing of his name ; this he did to accommodate it to the Italian pronunciation ; and always after- wards signed , Fuseli . " 66 His views now were to see the stores ...
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... of art in distress . " Having arrived at Zurich the end of October 1778 , after an absence of sixteen years , his fa- ther , who had taken great pains , in early life , to check his love for the fine arts , and to 54 THE LIFE OF.
... of art in distress . " Having arrived at Zurich the end of October 1778 , after an absence of sixteen years , his fa- ther , who had taken great pains , in early life , to check his love for the fine arts , and to 54 THE LIFE OF.
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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...