The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 Seiten |
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... equal , if not in higher esteem by the public , than Sir Joshua . Fuseli was astonished at this , and accordingly was not backward in expressing his opinion thereon , both in writing and in conversation , for he was at no time of his ...
... equal , if not in higher esteem by the public , than Sir Joshua . Fuseli was astonished at this , and accordingly was not backward in expressing his opinion thereon , both in writing and in conversation , for he was at no time of his ...
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... equal happiness and precision defined it in his preface , is that quality which neither omits nor adds any thing to an author's stock . " I have invented nothing , " says he ; " I have omitted nothing . " When we consider the ...
... equal happiness and precision defined it in his preface , is that quality which neither omits nor adds any thing to an author's stock . " I have invented nothing , " says he ; " I have omitted nothing . " When we consider the ...
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... equal weight , or rebounds with equal rapidity as that of old ; the hoarseness of Northern lan- guage bound in pebbly monosyllables , and almost al- ways destitute of decided quantities , must frequently baffle the most vigorous attempt ...
... equal weight , or rebounds with equal rapidity as that of old ; the hoarseness of Northern lan- guage bound in pebbly monosyllables , and almost al- ways destitute of decided quantities , must frequently baffle the most vigorous attempt ...
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... equal beauty , with parts left rough that might have been smoothed to neatness , and others only neat that might have been polished into elegance ; blemishes that vanish at a proper distance : by uniform grandeur of style , the whole ...
... equal beauty , with parts left rough that might have been smoothed to neatness , and others only neat that might have been polished into elegance ; blemishes that vanish at a proper distance : by uniform grandeur of style , the whole ...
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... equal to that which is instantaneously received by one glance on the face of the Venus de ' Medici , or in that of the Apollo in Belvedere ; and if the spark , which Phi- dias caught from the Zeus of Homer , were shot by his waving ...
... equal to that which is instantaneously received by one glance on the face of the Venus de ' Medici , or in that of the Apollo in Belvedere ; and if the spark , which Phi- dias caught from the Zeus of Homer , were shot by his waving ...
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Seite 364 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...
Seite 204 - Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Seite 216 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Seite 213 - Shall bring on men." Immediately a place Before his eyes appear'd, sad, noisome, dark ; A lazar-house it seem'd, wherein were laid Numbers of all...
Seite 216 - To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend...
Seite 203 - In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Seite 207 - As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Seite 215 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell...
Seite 210 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat! Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Seite 217 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...