 | Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 pages
...instruct you ? When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fructu — The truth of Man, as by God first spoken Which the...Soul (which Limbs betoken) And Limbs (Soul informs) were made new in marble. 12. So you saw yourself as you wished you were, As you might have been, as... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 360 pages
...instruct you ? When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fructu — The truth of Man, as by God first spoken Which the...Was re-uttered, — and Soul (which Limbs betoken) 12. So you saw yourself as you wished you were, As you might have been, as you cannot be ; And bringing... | |
 | Great Britain - 1869 - 664 pages
...Florence " : — " When Greek Art ran, and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fnutu. The truth of Man, as by God first spoken, Which the...(which Limbs betoken) And Limbs (Soul informs) made now in marble. " So you saw yourself as you wished you were, As you might have been, as you cannot... | |
 | Florence Wilford - 1870 - 416 pages
...his ' Old Pictures in Florence ' — that bit about the use of the Greek statues being ' to re-utter the truth of man, as by God first spoken, which the actual generations garble.' Don't you remember" — and her eyes lit up — "the lines that follow? — "'So you saw yourself as... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1903 - 600 pages
...verses that are wonderfully cheering and encouraging, and they are worth learning by heart. They begin : So you saw yourself as you wished you were, As you might have been, as you cannot be. Then read on to the lines : The Artificer's hand is not arrested With us ; we are rough-hewn, nowise... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1876 - 360 pages
...ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fructu — The truth of Man, as by Glod first spoken Which the actual generations garble Was re-uttered, — and Soul (which Limbs betoken) 12. So you saw yourself as you wished you were, As you might have been, as you cannot be ; And bringing... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 pages
...instruct you ? When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fruciu— The Truth of Man, as by God first spoken, Which the...betoken) And Limbs (Soul informs) made new in marble. So, you saw yourself as you wished you were, As you might have been, as you cannot be ; Earth here,... | |
 | Helen Mathers - English literature - 1881 - 780 pages
...Greek art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fructu — The truth of man, an by God first spoken, Which the actual generations...betoken) And limbs (soul informs) made new in marble," BROWNING. I HAVE been asked to put together, in connection with the aeries of articles on " True .^Esthetics,"... | |
 | John George Repplier McElroy - Literary Criticism - 1885 - 374 pages
...whatever to do. " When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast in fructu — The truth of Man, as by God first spoken Which the...Soul (which Limbs betoken) And Limbs (Soul informs) were made new in marble." * •For this confirmation of Spenser the author is indebted to Mr. Mark... | |
 | John George Repplier McElroy - English language - 1885 - 362 pages
...whatever to do. " When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to hoast in fructu— The truth of Man, as by God first spoken Which the actual generations garble Was re-uttered,—and Soul (which Limbs betoken) And Limbs (Soul informs) were made new in marble."* *Forthis... | |
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If you knew their work you would deal your dole." May I take upon me to instruct you? When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast... 
