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... appear essential to his story . We say not that this his rule is a good one . We wait to see what he will ultimately do with it , unwilling to admit limits and shackles unnecessarily upon genius . We be- lieve we have spoken of the two ...
... appear essential to his story . We say not that this his rule is a good one . We wait to see what he will ultimately do with it , unwilling to admit limits and shackles unnecessarily upon genius . We be- lieve we have spoken of the two ...
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... appear as if built out of it . In lines it is artistically com- posed , a part of his art which Stanfield well understands . But what could charm him in such a subject ? His " Isola Bella , Lago Maggiore , " is very sweetly painted ...
... appear as if built out of it . In lines it is artistically com- posed , a part of his art which Stanfield well understands . But what could charm him in such a subject ? His " Isola Bella , Lago Maggiore , " is very sweetly painted ...
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... appear few , and none crude , for it is the judicious mixture that is the painter's work ; the crude colour is given ... appears , therefore , monstrous ; yet on looking into it , we find much of tone . We cannot admire 229 , " A contest ...
... appear few , and none crude , for it is the judicious mixture that is the painter's work ; the crude colour is given ... appears , therefore , monstrous ; yet on looking into it , we find much of tone . We cannot admire 229 , " A contest ...
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... appears to have a fair excuse , for his knee is out , and he seems to make it an excuse , by pointing to it . We ... appear by no means indicative of their abilities . No. 440. " Adonis - His Majesty King George the Third's favourite ...
... appears to have a fair excuse , for his knee is out , and he seems to make it an excuse , by pointing to it . We ... appear by no means indicative of their abilities . No. 440. " Adonis - His Majesty King George the Third's favourite ...
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... appear ; Master Isaac stood up , and my hair stood on end . Ikey , however , was not in a good humour . " How old are you , boy ? " enquired the lawyer . " I don't know , " said the imp . " Oh , indeed . Perhaps you'll know something ...
... appear ; Master Isaac stood up , and my hair stood on end . Ikey , however , was not in a good humour . " How old are you , boy ? " enquired the lawyer . " I don't know , " said the imp . " Oh , indeed . Perhaps you'll know something ...
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Page 370 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly; if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch ' With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 371 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 370 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 34 - Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have and kiss'd The wild waves whist, Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.
Page 371 - Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 372 - I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 289 - Ah ! father, my father, what more can there rest ? Enough of this sport with the pitiless ocean — He has served thee as none would, thyself hast confest.
Page 370 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 287 - Stood silent — and fixed on the ocean their eyes; They looked on the dismal and savage Profound, And the peril chilled back every thought of the prize. And thrice spoke the monarch — " The cup to win, Is there never a wight who will venture in...
Page 288 - And it bubbles and seethes, and it hisses and roars, As when fire is with water commixed and contending ; And the spray of its wrath to the welkin up-soars, And flood upon flood hurries on, never ending, And as with the swell of the far thunder-boom, Rushes roaringly forth from the heart of the gloom.