 Her brow was white and low, her cheek's pure dye Like twilight rosy still with the set sun ; Short upper lip— sweet lips ! that make us sigh Ever to have seen such ; for she was one Fit for the model of a statuary, (A race of mere impostors, when all's...  Nobly false - Page 3by James McGrigor Allan - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Robert Hogarth Patterson - Art - 1862 - 580 pages
...that we do not question the sarcastic truth of Byron's couplet in Don Juan — " I've seen much finer women ripe and real Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal." The question is, whether, with Nature's beautiful forms before him, the artist cannot idealise those... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1871 - 364 pages
...one Fit for the model of a statuary (A race of mere impostors when all.s done: I.ve seen much finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal). A certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mnry and her sister Martha. (It was... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 368 pages
...Fit for the model of a statnary (A race of mere impostors, when all's done — I've seen mnch finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal). I'll tell yon why I say so, for 'tis jnst One shonld not rail withont a decent canse : There was an... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 404 pages
...Fit for the model of a statuary (A race of mere impostors, when all's done — I've seen much finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal). I'll tell you why I say so, for 'tis just One should not rail without a decent cause : There was an... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...Fit for the model of a statnary (A race of mere impostors when all's done — I've seen much finer d ; ' ' And bless'd, beneath the palmy shade, Her hazel and her ha Lord Byron. — Born 1788, Died 1824. 1349. — HAIDEE VISITS THE SHIPWRECKED DON JUAN. And down the... | |
 | Alexander Mackie - France - 1874 - 442 pages
...come to our fingers' points. I am more disposed to quote Byron's lines — " I've seen more splendid women ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal." We go in search of the "Dying Gladiator." Expectation is not disappointed. Here in a hall, with few... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1875 - 444 pages
...Fit for the model of a statuary, (A race of mere impostors, when all's done — I've seen much finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal). I'll tell you why I say so, for 'tis just One should not rail without a decent cause : There was an... | |
 | Karl Elze - 1876 - 478 pages
...Juan II, 118) forekaster han Billedhuggerne, at de alle tilhobe dog kun fuske: I've seen much finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal. Han afskyede Helgenmaleriet; Rubens var ham en Smører; han følte Modbydelighed overfor hans kolossale... | |
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