The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 Seiten |
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... hand - wri- ting , without any addition , omission , or altera- tion . The Aphorisms were collated , and re - copied fairly some years before the death of the author : these are printed verbatim as he in- tended viii ADVERTISEMENT .
... hand - wri- ting , without any addition , omission , or altera- tion . The Aphorisms were collated , and re - copied fairly some years before the death of the author : these are printed verbatim as he in- tended viii ADVERTISEMENT .
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... hand for that purpose . This practice made him am- bidextrous during his life . The tutor soon perceived the bent of his pu- pil's inclination , who , instead of making his themes , or attending to other studies , was cari- caturing ...
... hand for that purpose . This practice made him am- bidextrous during his life . The tutor soon perceived the bent of his pu- pil's inclination , who , instead of making his themes , or attending to other studies , was cari- caturing ...
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... hand , in search of a post - office . At this period there was much greater bru- tality of demeanour exercised by the lower orders of the English towards foreigners than there is at present . Meeting with a vulgar fellow , Fuseli ...
... hand , in search of a post - office . At this period there was much greater bru- tality of demeanour exercised by the lower orders of the English towards foreigners than there is at present . Meeting with a vulgar fellow , Fuseli ...
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... hand to a gentleman who had long soli- cited it , Mons . le Consieller Schinz , the son of a brother of Madame Lavater ; and thus his hopes in that quarter terminated . In April 1779 , he took a last farewell of his native country and ...
... hand to a gentleman who had long soli- cited it , Mons . le Consieller Schinz , the son of a brother of Madame Lavater ; and thus his hopes in that quarter terminated . In April 1779 , he took a last farewell of his native country and ...
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... hand ) " I thank you for this visit : you find me in bad plight ; but I am glad to see you again . " After this salu- tation they conversed amicably ; but the Doc- tor did not long survive the interview . * 6 About this time , the ...
... hand ) " I thank you for this visit : you find me in bad plight ; but I am glad to see you again . " After this salu- tation they conversed amicably ; but the Doc- tor did not long survive the interview . * 6 About this time , the ...
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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...