The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 էջ |
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... admiration of Dante , -His Passion for Entomology . - His opinions of some con- temporary Artists . - His conversational powers , and Anec- . dotes . His deficient acquaintance with the pure Physical Sciences 350 CHAPTER XIV . Fuseli's ...
... admiration of Dante , -His Passion for Entomology . - His opinions of some con- temporary Artists . - His conversational powers , and Anec- . dotes . His deficient acquaintance with the pure Physical Sciences 350 CHAPTER XIV . Fuseli's ...
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... to the show ; and Mr. Hamilton's pic- ture of Brisëis parting from Achilles , was very much admired ; the Brisëis in taste , à l'an- tique , elegant and simple . Coates , Dance , Wil- son , & c . as usual . Mr. West D 2 HENRY FUSELI . 35.
... to the show ; and Mr. Hamilton's pic- ture of Brisëis parting from Achilles , was very much admired ; the Brisëis in taste , à l'an- tique , elegant and simple . Coates , Dance , Wil- son , & c . as usual . Mr. West D 2 HENRY FUSELI . 35.
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... admire , and what I frequented most , —what indeed suited my melancholy best , are the cloisters of St. Michael , in Bosco , near the city . The fragments of painting there are by Ludo- vico Caracci and his school , and , in my opinion ...
... admire , and what I frequented most , —what indeed suited my melancholy best , are the cloisters of St. Michael , in Bosco , near the city . The fragments of painting there are by Ludo- vico Caracci and his school , and , in my opinion ...
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... admire or rather indignantly spurn the intruding dexte- rity of the writer . To have leisure to think of the au- thor when we read , or of the artist when we behold , proves that the work of either is of an inferior class : we have ...
... admire or rather indignantly spurn the intruding dexte- rity of the writer . To have leisure to think of the au- thor when we read , or of the artist when we behold , proves that the work of either is of an inferior class : we have ...
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... admiring stood That sight , and having all survey'd , at length Enter'd the grotto ; nor the lovely nymph Him knew not soon as seen , for not unknown Each to the other the immortals are , How far soever sep'rate their abodes . Yet found ...
... admiring stood That sight , and having all survey'd , at length Enter'd the grotto ; nor the lovely nymph Him knew not soon as seen , for not unknown Each to the other the immortals are , How far soever sep'rate their abodes . Yet found ...
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Էջ 364 - 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 - 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 216 - 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 213 - 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 216 - 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 203 - 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 207 - 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 215 - 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 210 - 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 217 - 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...