 | 1870 - 790 Seiten
...Walpoles it might have been written : — " China's the passion of his soul : A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy or break his rest." One most important result of a diligent inquiry into the arts and sciences of the Bible, is that a... | |
 | Art-studies, Frederick Edward Hulme - 1872 - 242 Seiten
...me, as it was of an eminent statesman,— "China's the passion of his soul— A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest,"— I shall not willingly give up the potter's art as intractable to my purpose. The genus Desmarcstia,... | |
 | 1875 - 642 Seiten
...Horace Walpole, of whom it was written — China's the passion of his soul ; A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break hia rest — tells a capital story against mere curiosityhunters. It refers to a man named Turner,... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - 1878 - 252 Seiten
...theme, and of Ilorace "Walpole it was said : " China's the passion of his soul ; A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." There must be reason for such a passion, and it would not be amiss for every lady to inform herself... | |
 | Warne Frederick and co, ltd - 1879 - 652 Seiten
...collectors, and of Horace Walpole it was said — " China's the passion of his soul, A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." The taste still lingers amongst collectors, though generally kept within reasonable bounds ; there... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1882 - 1146 Seiten
...Horace Walpole wrote of such a collector — " China's the passion of his soul ; A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest." But, although it may have, and doubtless has, its ridiculous aspect, this fondness for the ware of... | |
 | Marion Harland - 1889 - 504 Seiten
...written of me as it was of Horace Walpole: " 'China's the passion of his soul: A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl, Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy, or break his rest.' " Over the velveteen, across the top and down the sides, I draped a pair of thin Syrian curtains, sewing... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1892 - 456 Seiten
...said of me as was of Horace \Valpole — " China's the passion of his soul, A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy or break his rest ; " but end with the assurance that I fully concur in the words of a well-known English collector :... | |
 | N. Hudson Moore - 1903 - 488 Seiten
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