The Illustrated Magazine of ArtAlexander Montgomery, 1853 |
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... observed and admired of a host of faithful dependents , and where each successive election , in those old times occurring at greater intervals than now , sent a member to parliament , in whose selection the votes of a great mass of ...
... observed and admired of a host of faithful dependents , and where each successive election , in those old times occurring at greater intervals than now , sent a member to parliament , in whose selection the votes of a great mass of ...
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... observation . He had known all the vicissi- tudes of life in his own person , -- opulence and poverty , court favour and exile , popular applause and factious animosity , a happy home , and the horrors of a prison , and the agonies of ...
... observation . He had known all the vicissi- tudes of life in his own person , -- opulence and poverty , court favour and exile , popular applause and factious animosity , a happy home , and the horrors of a prison , and the agonies of ...
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... observation was better felt , his life has been more exactly studied , not only in regard to his physical con- dition , but also his intellectual and moral faculties . He was born in November , 1741 , at Plaisnes in the principality of ...
... observation was better felt , his life has been more exactly studied , not only in regard to his physical con- dition , but also his intellectual and moral faculties . He was born in November , 1741 , at Plaisnes in the principality of ...
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... observed a child , he substituted shillings for the pence , and took care that the object of his favour received his bounty . On reaching the age of fifteen , Bebé manifested tokens of puberty . But this his age of maturity was also the ...
... observed a child , he substituted shillings for the pence , and took care that the object of his favour received his bounty . On reaching the age of fifteen , Bebé manifested tokens of puberty . But this his age of maturity was also the ...
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... observation for the not very severe ordeal awaiting him , is evident by the pains he took in making a good ... observed , that he was " one of the many who make themselves public without making themselves known . " This Kenrick ...
... observation for the not very severe ordeal awaiting him , is evident by the pains he took in making a good ... observed , that he was " one of the many who make themselves public without making themselves known . " This Kenrick ...
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Página 330 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet *, and only took snuff.
Página 212 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Página 212 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 62 - To have produced it, to have preserved it, to have matured it, constitute the immortal claim of England on the esteem of mankind.
Página 22 - I am not that strong, active man you once knew me. You scarcely can conceive how much eight years of disappointment, anguish, and study, have worn me down.
Página 172 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces.
Página 180 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course, and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 22 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Página 148 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Página 19 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St Paul's Churchyard, who has written so many little books for children : he called himself their friend, but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone ; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of one Mr Thomas Trip.