La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5J. Bell, 1808 |
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... painting in Egypt consisted in colouring ; but every person knows , that without tints and the mixture of colours painting can never arrive at great perfection . In Upper Egypt there seems to have existed a kind of colossal painting ...
... painting in Egypt consisted in colouring ; but every person knows , that without tints and the mixture of colours painting can never arrive at great perfection . In Upper Egypt there seems to have existed a kind of colossal painting ...
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The paintings of Thibet discover great pa- tience in the artist , and are remarkable for the fineness of their strokes Their painters might dispute with Apelles and Protogenes for ex- treme tenuity of pencil ; but it is in this alone ...
The paintings of Thibet discover great pa- tience in the artist , and are remarkable for the fineness of their strokes Their painters might dispute with Apelles and Protogenes for ex- treme tenuity of pencil ; but it is in this alone ...
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... painter , named Marton : the family did not that he is intent upon his own . ” appear to be in the easiest circumstances , for they lived in a very frugal aud simple manner both the husband and wife were natives of Paris . The servant ...
... painter , named Marton : the family did not that he is intent upon his own . ” appear to be in the easiest circumstances , for they lived in a very frugal aud simple manner both the husband and wife were natives of Paris . The servant ...
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... painter to some employment at the house of one of his friends . Here he introducing of a fine landscape . I threw ... paint . Rouelle visited him every day , and made his art the constant subject of conversation . He procured Marton more ...
... painter to some employment at the house of one of his friends . Here he introducing of a fine landscape . I threw ... paint . Rouelle visited him every day , and made his art the constant subject of conversation . He procured Marton more ...
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... paint some fans for her ; an ideaing : - - " But my husband has not mentioned . to which I was led by a fan that I intended what we did not discover till some time after- as a present for my landlady . She approved wards ; in order to ...
... paint some fans for her ; an ideaing : - - " But my husband has not mentioned . to which I was led by a fan that I intended what we did not discover till some time after- as a present for my landlady . She approved wards ; in order to ...
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Page 133 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 16 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 16 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T...
Page 20 - Now awful Beauty puts on all its Arms ; The Fair each moment rises in her Charms, Repairs her Smiles, awakens ev'ry Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
Page 31 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Page 30 - As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!
Page 40 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 40 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 33 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own, and raptures swell the note. The bounding steed you pompously bestride, Shares with his lord the pleasure and the pride. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain ? The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain.
Page 40 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins Heaven and Earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees, that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, • All end in love of God, and love of man.