Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... regard at all . This is a great mistake , and is owing to the circumstance either that the majority of mankind are not very sensitive to any kind of beauty , or because a certain fashion of speaking has led them insensibly to disregard ...
... regard at all . This is a great mistake , and is owing to the circumstance either that the majority of mankind are not very sensitive to any kind of beauty , or because a certain fashion of speaking has led them insensibly to disregard ...
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... regard to illuminating power , the strongest point of the spectrum is the yellow , -in point of vibratory power , it is the red ; and the colour which makes the strongest impression on our visual sense is the red - orange or scarlet ...
... regard to illuminating power , the strongest point of the spectrum is the yellow , -in point of vibratory power , it is the red ; and the colour which makes the strongest impression on our visual sense is the red - orange or scarlet ...
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... regard to Sound ; for whenever any note is pro- duced , the surrounding particles of metal or air always produce a series of complementary notes called the harmonics . Mau- pertuis long ago maintained that , after having listened to any ...
... regard to Sound ; for whenever any note is pro- duced , the surrounding particles of metal or air always produce a series of complementary notes called the harmonics . Mau- pertuis long ago maintained that , after having listened to any ...
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... regard attentively two coloured objects at the same time , neither of them appears of the colour proper to it ( that is to say , such as it would appear if viewed separately ) , but of a tint resulting from the proper colour being ...
... regard attentively two coloured objects at the same time , neither of them appears of the colour proper to it ( that is to say , such as it would appear if viewed separately ) , but of a tint resulting from the proper colour being ...
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... regard to the draping of floors , it must be borne in mind , that for a carpet to produce the best possible effect , it is not enough that it is of the best manufacture , and of excellent colours and pattern : it is also requisite that ...
... regard to the draping of floors , it must be borne in mind , that for a carpet to produce the best possible effect , it is not enough that it is of the best manufacture , and of excellent colours and pattern : it is also requisite that ...
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.