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Page 166
... eyes of the elector of Bavaria - during that time , Laurentius in Haerlem , and William Caxton in Westminster , were perfecting that " divine art " which has done so much to advance the liberties and increase the comforts of mankind ...
... eyes of the elector of Bavaria - during that time , Laurentius in Haerlem , and William Caxton in Westminster , were perfecting that " divine art " which has done so much to advance the liberties and increase the comforts of mankind ...
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... eyes ; for his pencil sketches now a quiet pasture scene , with tame oxen and sheep , now a dashing marine piece , where some tall ship is bending ' neath the breeze ; or launching away again , brings before us a picture in some native ...
... eyes ; for his pencil sketches now a quiet pasture scene , with tame oxen and sheep , now a dashing marine piece , where some tall ship is bending ' neath the breeze ; or launching away again , brings before us a picture in some native ...
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... eyes flashed ånd he looked at Rubens with a strange and wild look - a faint glimmer of pride flashed across his face - but it lasted only a moment . The monk then looked down , crossed his arms , which for a moment he had raised to the ...
... eyes flashed ånd he looked at Rubens with a strange and wild look - a faint glimmer of pride flashed across his face - but it lasted only a moment . The monk then looked down , crossed his arms , which for a moment he had raised to the ...
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... eyes at the real object of his admiration . It happened that Agatha Kostar - such was the young girl's name was betrothed to the son of one of the richest burgo- masters of Amsterdam , who came out that morning on a visit to his ...
... eyes at the real object of his admiration . It happened that Agatha Kostar - such was the young girl's name was betrothed to the son of one of the richest burgo- masters of Amsterdam , who came out that morning on a visit to his ...
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... eyes , laid down his pipe , and struck a blow with his fat hand upon the table . “ Son - in - law , " said he , “ what you say is not true . I know Agatha , and shall call her at once to have an explanation . " Now it happened that ...
... eyes , laid down his pipe , and struck a blow with his fat hand upon the table . “ Son - in - law , " said he , “ what you say is not true . I know Agatha , and shall call her at once to have an explanation . " Now it happened that ...
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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...