Liber Fluviorum: Or, River Scenery of FranceAdded title page, engraved, with title: The rivers of France, and with date 1853. |
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... body to which he belonged , reddened his sun , and blew the bellows of his art on his blacksmith's forge , ' to put the Scotchman's nose out of joint who had gained so much reputation by his ' Village Politicians . ' ' The story is told ...
... body to which he belonged , reddened his sun , and blew the bellows of his art on his blacksmith's forge , ' to put the Scotchman's nose out of joint who had gained so much reputation by his ' Village Politicians . ' ' The story is told ...
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... body of painters confine to themselves the privilege of heightening the colour of their pictures after they are hung up , to the disparagement of those of less favoured aspirants which may happen to be near them , the " outsider " has ...
... body of painters confine to themselves the privilege of heightening the colour of their pictures after they are hung up , to the disparagement of those of less favoured aspirants which may happen to be near them , the " outsider " has ...
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... body , subject to no absorption but that of tenuity . Observe its volumes ; there is no breaking up or disappearing here ; the wind carries its elastic globes before it , but does not dissolve nor break them . Equally convex and void of ...
... body , subject to no absorption but that of tenuity . Observe its volumes ; there is no breaking up or disappearing here ; the wind carries its elastic globes before it , but does not dissolve nor break them . Equally convex and void of ...
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... body some slight which had been offered him in early life by Sir George Beaumont , of whom he used to speak with hearty contempt for his affectation in carrying with him a picture of Claude wherever he went . It has been suggested , and ...
... body some slight which had been offered him in early life by Sir George Beaumont , of whom he used to speak with hearty contempt for his affectation in carrying with him a picture of Claude wherever he went . It has been suggested , and ...
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... body of the edifice , appearing slowly , stood heavy and colossal before us ; then some smaller towers and spires shot up around it ; and at length a city filled the space which to our imagination had seemed the precints of a solitary ...
... body of the edifice , appearing slowly , stood heavy and colossal before us ; then some smaller towers and spires shot up around it ; and at length a city filled the space which to our imagination had seemed the precints of a solitary ...
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Page xlix - Act. in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes as if the same privileges and protections were repeated and re-enacted in this Act.
Page liii - Signed, sealed, published, declared, and delivered, by the said Samuel Johnson, as, and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, in his presence, and at his request, and also in the presence of each other, have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses. •JOHN COPLEY.
Page liv - Signed, sealed, published, and declared, by the said Thomas Coutts, the testator, as and for a codicil to his last will and testament, in the presence of us who, in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Page l - Signed sealed published and declared by Frederick Biser the above named Testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Page lii - Trustees or the survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such survivor...
Page xli - Fire, exhibited at the Royal Academy in the following May, witnessed the force with which the scene was impressed upon him. In like manner, the Burning of the Houses of Parliament forty years afterwards was an event that could not escape the pencil of Turner. He repaired to the spot to make sketches of the fire at different points, and produced two pictures, one for the Academy, and another for the British Institution. Here was a glowing subject for his palette.
Page 250 - Vous toutes qu'à ses jeux le bal riant convie, Pensez à l'Espagnole éteinte sans retour, Jeunes filles! Joyeuse, et d'une main ravie, Elle allait moissonnant les roses de la vie, Beauté, plaisir, jeunesse, amour! La pauvre enfant, de fête en fête promenée, De ce bouquet charmant arrangeait les couleurs : Mais qu'elle a passé vite, hélas! l'infortunée! Ainsi...
Page xlix - ... as aforesaid, by any deed or deeds, instrument or instruments in writing, sealed and delivered by them or him in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses, absolutely to revoke, determine, and make void all or any of the uses, trusts...
Page xlix - I direct, that a charitable institution be founded for the maintenance and support of poor and decayed male artists, being born in England, and of English parents only, and lawful issue...
Page xli - But upon retiring, and catching its magical effects, he added, " Painting ! God bless me ! So it is !" The picture of " Hail, Rain, and Speed," with its wonderful interpretation of a night railway train, produced at a still later period of Turner's life, was another instance in which the great artist's attention had been caught by the hissing, and puffing, and glowing fire of the locomotive.