The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 Seiten |
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... opinion of the powers of his conversa- tion , and the excellent qualities of his head and heart , than yourself . In giving some account of his life and pursuits , I have endeavoured to speak of him as he was , and to become his ...
... opinion of the powers of his conversa- tion , and the excellent qualities of his head and heart , than yourself . In giving some account of his life and pursuits , I have endeavoured to speak of him as he was , and to become his ...
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... opinion and talents I had great respect , a recommendation to " use the pruning - knife . " But it appeared to me , after due consideration , to be preferable that I should print the manuscripts as they came into my hands ; for to have ...
... opinion and talents I had great respect , a recommendation to " use the pruning - knife . " But it appeared to me , after due consideration , to be preferable that I should print the manuscripts as they came into my hands ; for to have ...
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... opinion of various noted individuals , viz . Dr. Johnson , Sterne , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Gibbon , Horne Tooke , and Thomas Paine . - His cultivation of English notions and habits . - His attachment to civil and religious Liberty ...
... opinion of various noted individuals , viz . Dr. Johnson , Sterne , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Gibbon , Horne Tooke , and Thomas Paine . - His cultivation of English notions and habits . - His attachment to civil and religious Liberty ...
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... opinion of his talents ; and they considered that his extensive knowledge of modern languages would facili- tate their project . In making the proposal , Sulzer represented that it would be inconveni- ent , if not dangerous , for him to ...
... opinion of his talents ; and they considered that his extensive knowledge of modern languages would facili- tate their project . In making the proposal , Sulzer represented that it would be inconveni- ent , if not dangerous , for him to ...
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Henry Fuseli John Knowles. of Fuseli ; he however asked the opinion of his father , which being in favour of his accept- ing the offer of Sulzer , made him determine to visit England . Sir Andrew Mitchell was at this time the British ...
Henry Fuseli John Knowles. of Fuseli ; he however asked the opinion of his father , which being in favour of his accept- ing the offer of Sulzer , made him determine to visit England . Sir Andrew Mitchell was at this time the British ...
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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...