The life and writings of Henry Fuseli, the former written and the latter ed. by J. Knowles, Հատոր 1 |
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... tion , and the excellent qualities of his head and heart , than yourself . In giving some account of his life and pursuits , I have endeavoured to speak of him as he was , and to become his " honest chronicler . " How far I have succeed ...
... tion , and the excellent qualities of his head and heart , than yourself . In giving some account of his life and pursuits , I have endeavoured to speak of him as he was , and to become his " honest chronicler . " How far I have succeed ...
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... hand - wri- ting , without any addition , omission , or altera- tion . The Aphorisms were collated , and re - copied fairly some years before the death of the author : these are printed verbatim as he in- tended viii ADVERTISEMENT .
... hand - wri- ting , without any addition , omission , or altera- tion . The Aphorisms were collated , and re - copied fairly some years before the death of the author : these are printed verbatim as he in- tended viii ADVERTISEMENT .
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... tion of the frescoes , pictures , or works in sculp- ture , which he describes or criticises ; and the particulars of the lives of the artists were deduced from a careful perusal and compa- rison of the most elaborate and esteemed works ...
... tion of the frescoes , pictures , or works in sculp- ture , which he describes or criticises ; and the particulars of the lives of the artists were deduced from a careful perusal and compa- rison of the most elaborate and esteemed works ...
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... tion to the Prince of Wirtemberg , and was particularly patronized by him . In the war of 1733 , a French army having entered Germany , threw every thing there into confusion , on which Füessli withdrew from the scene of military ...
... tion to the Prince of Wirtemberg , and was particularly patronized by him . In the war of 1733 , a French army having entered Germany , threw every thing there into confusion , on which Füessli withdrew from the scene of military ...
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... tion for drawing , and also for entomology ; but the former was checked by his father , who knowing , from his own pursuits , the difficulty of arriving at any eminence in the fine arts , except a man's whole mind and attention be given ...
... tion for drawing , and also for entomology ; but the former was checked by his father , who knowing , from his own pursuits , the difficulty of arriving at any eminence in the fine arts , except a man's whole mind and attention be given ...
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Էջ 356 - 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 204 - Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They looking back all th...
Էջ 196 - 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 199 - 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 206 - 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 203 - Shall bring on men." Immediately a place Before his eyes appear'd, sad, noisome, dark ; A lazar-house it seem'd, wherein were laid Numbers of all...
Էջ 206 - 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 200 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat! Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Էջ 195 - 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 203 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.