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Page 162
... beauty ; but with this beauty was mingled an expression of irritability , more es- pecially when anything unusual happened to annoy her . Albert Durer , warned of this failing by the delicacy of his perception , could not help ...
... beauty ; but with this beauty was mingled an expression of irritability , more es- pecially when anything unusual happened to annoy her . Albert Durer , warned of this failing by the delicacy of his perception , could not help ...
Page 167
... beauty and sim- plicity of arrangement - of one of these , " Christ taking leave of his Mother , " our readers will be able to form their own judgment . The noble tenderness of the son , the anguish of the mother , and the sympathy of ...
... beauty and sim- plicity of arrangement - of one of these , " Christ taking leave of his Mother , " our readers will be able to form their own judgment . The noble tenderness of the son , the anguish of the mother , and the sympathy of ...
Page 171
... beauty ; for he pronounces the figure to be slender . Hence he allows the reader to increase the size of the head , and make it nearly a ninth part of the body . From a comparison of these various proportions , and Albert Durer's ...
... beauty ; for he pronounces the figure to be slender . Hence he allows the reader to increase the size of the head , and make it nearly a ninth part of the body . From a comparison of these various proportions , and Albert Durer's ...
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... beauty ; and if , in spite of the shortcomings inevitable to the state of education and public taste in his days , the greater number of his works make a deep impression on the mind and feelings of the spectators , it is a strong proof ...
... beauty ; and if , in spite of the shortcomings inevitable to the state of education and public taste in his days , the greater number of his works make a deep impression on the mind and feelings of the spectators , it is a strong proof ...
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... beauty of his horse , and the haughty frank- ness of his mien . A hunter in livery holding two dogs in leash , presents a partridge to one of the squires , and this little event draws the attention of the three personages . On one side ...
... beauty of his horse , and the haughty frank- ness of his mien . A hunter in livery holding two dogs in leash , presents a partridge to one of the squires , and this little event draws the attention of the three personages . On one side ...
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Page 166 - Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng: Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold, Had their dwelling in thy castle, time-defying, centuries old; And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme, That their great imperial city...
Page 80 - The various terrors of that horrid shore ; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day ; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake...
Page 31 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 78 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 258 - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
Page 275 - gainst the streams, To taste the luxury of sunny beams Temper'd with coolness. How they ever wrestle With their own sweet delight, and ever nestle Their silver bellies on the pebbly sand. If you but scantily hold out the hand, That very instant not one will remain; But turn your eye, and they are there again.
Page 91 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly With many windings through the vale : — look back ! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread — a matchless cataract...
Page 31 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er "which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crowned Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Page 31 - Of porous earth with kindly thirst up drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Watered the garden; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears...
Page 62 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...