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Página 719 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Página 543 - Then in a flowery valley set him down On a green bank, and set before him spread A table of celestial food, divine, Ambrosial fruits, fetched from the tree of life, And from the fount of life ambrosial drink...
Página 719 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Página 399 - Si de lejos al arma dió el aliento Ronco la trompa militar de Marte, De repente estremece un movimiento Los miembros, sin parar en una parte ; Crece el resuello, y recogido el viento, Por la abierta nariz ardiendo parte; Arroja por el cuello levantado El cerdoso cabello al diestro lado.
Página 407 - But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares, tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
Página 398 - A New Method and Extraordinary Invention to. Dress Horses and Work them according to Nature ; as also to Perfect Nature by the Subtlety of Art ; which was never found out but by the thrice noble, high, and puissant Prince,
Página 506 - Nature herself, amazed, does doubting stand, Which is her own and which the painter's hand; And does attempt the like with less success, When her own work in twins she would express. His all-resembling pencil did out-pass The mimic imagery of looking-glass.
Página 490 - ... and sufferings and triumphs were there commemorated on canvas. There, to many generations of recluses, vowed to perpetual silence and solitude, these pictures had been companions ; to them the painted saints and martyrs had become friends ; and the benign virgins were the sole objects within these melancholy walls to remind them of the existence of woman. In the Chartreuse, therefore, absurdities were veiled, or criticism awed, by the venerable genius of the place; while in the Museum, the monstrous...
Página 714 - Bernini, the Florentine sculptor, architect, painter and poet, a little before my coming to Rome, gave a public opera, wherein he painted the scenes, cut the statues, invented the engines, composed the music, writ the comedy and built the theatre.
Página 513 - Ketablo of high altar, an elegant structure of the four orders, richly gilt, and adorned with wooden statues. In each of its three storeys are placed two large compositions of Tristan, illustrating passages in the life of the Saviour. Of these, the lower pair, are the 'Adoration of the Shepherd,1 'Adoration of the Kings; ' the 2nd, 'Christ at the Column,' 'Christ bearing His Cross;' the 3rd, 'The Resurrection,

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