The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 էջ |
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... period , be appreciated by a perusal of his works , and the capacity and talents of an artist be judged of by the powers of invention which he has displayed , -by the harmony of his colour and the style and correctness of his lines ...
... period , be appreciated by a perusal of his works , and the capacity and talents of an artist be judged of by the powers of invention which he has displayed , -by the harmony of his colour and the style and correctness of his lines ...
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... period of his existence . Other particulars I have collected from some of his relations and friends , and gleaned much from his private papers , which fell into my possession , as execu- tor to his will . The facts may therefore be ...
... period of his existence . Other particulars I have collected from some of his relations and friends , and gleaned much from his private papers , which fell into my possession , as execu- tor to his will . The facts may therefore be ...
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... periods of life excelled : although his early works are incorrect in point of drawing , yet they generally tell the story which they intend to represent , with a won- derful felicity , particularly when it is considered that several of ...
... periods of life excelled : although his early works are incorrect in point of drawing , yet they generally tell the story which they intend to represent , with a won- derful felicity , particularly when it is considered that several of ...
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... period a pure and elegant style was very rare , and therefore considered no mean acquirement . A naturally strong constitution , with consi- derable elasticity of mind , enabled Fuseli to pursue his studies for many hours in each day ...
... period a pure and elegant style was very rare , and therefore considered no mean acquirement . A naturally strong constitution , with consi- derable elasticity of mind , enabled Fuseli to pursue his studies for many hours in each day ...
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... period , but that he might be enabled to read some of the most celebrated authors in their own tongues . He was enamoured with the plays of Shak- speare , and attempted a translation of Macbeth into German . The novels of Richardson ...
... period , but that he might be enabled to read some of the most celebrated authors in their own tongues . He was enamoured with the plays of Shak- speare , and attempted a translation of Macbeth into German . The novels of Richardson ...
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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...