Second series. 1860-1888George Allen, 1893 |
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... lines of their carving had been effaced by time ; -possessing also an instinct in the expression of such subjects so peculiar as to win for him a satisfying popu- larity , and , far better , to enable him to derive perpetual pleasure in ...
... lines of their carving had been effaced by time ; -possessing also an instinct in the expression of such subjects so peculiar as to win for him a satisfying popu- larity , and , far better , to enable him to derive perpetual pleasure in ...
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... line , nor word , nor colour , has ever yet given rendering of the rich confusions of garden and cottage through which the winding paths ascend above the church ; walled , not with any notion of guarding the ground , except from passing ...
... line , nor word , nor colour , has ever yet given rendering of the rich confusions of garden and cottage through which the winding paths ascend above the church ; walled , not with any notion of guarding the ground , except from passing ...
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... lines in the form , a perception of beauty and law that he could not render ; there was a strain of effort , under conscious imperfection , in every line . But the Irish missal - painter had drawn his angel with no sense of failure , in ...
... lines in the form , a perception of beauty and law that he could not render ; there was a strain of effort , under conscious imperfection , in every line . But the Irish missal - painter had drawn his angel with no sense of failure , in ...
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... lines on the curves of his pot , and taking care to keep out of the way of the handle ; -but a Saxon monk would scratch his idea of the Fall of the angels or the Temptation of Christ over a whole page of his manuscript in variously ...
... lines on the curves of his pot , and taking care to keep out of the way of the handle ; -but a Saxon monk would scratch his idea of the Fall of the angels or the Temptation of Christ over a whole page of his manuscript in variously ...
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... Irish and Scots -by the terrible Scots Greys , and by Sir Colin's Highlanders . Your " thin red line " was kept steady at Alma only by Colonel Yea's swearing at them . Frederick II . was laid in its dark porphyry ) I. ART . 37.
... Irish and Scots -by the terrible Scots Greys , and by Sir Colin's Highlanders . Your " thin red line " was kept steady at Alma only by Colonel Yea's swearing at them . Frederick II . was laid in its dark porphyry ) I. ART . 37.
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angels architecture artists Athena Barbara beautiful become better bird Bishop of Tours carved catgut Choragus Christ Christian colour Copley Fielding creatures death delight desire divine drawing duty earth English Epic poetry expression eyes faith fancy father feel garden Giotto give gold Gothic Gothic architecture Greek hand happy head heart heaven Heracles honour human imagination instinct intellect kind labour leaves less light living look Madonna master means mind modern moral nation nature Neith ness nest never noble ourselves painter painting passion Paul Veronese peace perfect persons Phidias picture Pindar pleasant pleasure possible pride race racter religion rightly round Saxon sculpture SECOND SERIES sense soul spirit Strasbourg strength superstition suppose sweet teach tell things thought Titian true truth usury Venice wealth wholly window wise word worship
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