The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 30
... colours , in this and in a former letter , the heavy expenses that residence in England entailed , and represented that Malcolm could not exist without a much larger fortune than he possessed , and would find difficulty in getting ...
... colours , in this and in a former letter , the heavy expenses that residence in England entailed , and represented that Malcolm could not exist without a much larger fortune than he possessed , and would find difficulty in getting ...
Page 39
... colours . Imagination in- vests both alike with something of the super - human . In the former a perfection of malignity , an induration of the heart and conscience , naturally suggest the idea of fiendish inspiration ; in the latter a ...
... colours . Imagination in- vests both alike with something of the super - human . In the former a perfection of malignity , an induration of the heart and conscience , naturally suggest the idea of fiendish inspiration ; in the latter a ...
Page 91
... coloured flame , accompanied with dazzling sparks , burst from the throat of the cupola , from which the slag was also ejected in large foam - like masses . A cast - iron plate , of the kind used to cover holes in the pavement , that ...
... coloured flame , accompanied with dazzling sparks , burst from the throat of the cupola , from which the slag was also ejected in large foam - like masses . A cast - iron plate , of the kind used to cover holes in the pavement , that ...
Page 107
... colour . Hogarth , who was vain and arrogant , was supposed to have spoken with asperity of Reynolds out of envy at his fame ; * but , whatever jealousy may have perverted the verdict of the pic- torial novelist , it is certain that he ...
... colour . Hogarth , who was vain and arrogant , was supposed to have spoken with asperity of Reynolds out of envy at his fame ; * but , whatever jealousy may have perverted the verdict of the pic- torial novelist , it is certain that he ...
Page 115
... colour of the European is preferable to that of the Ethiopian ; but I know of no other reason we have for it but that we are more accustomed to it . ' Reynolds pressed the theory too far , but it has a large element of truth , and is ...
... colour of the European is preferable to that of the Ethiopian ; but I know of no other reason we have for it but that we are more accustomed to it . ' Reynolds pressed the theory too far , but it has a large element of truth , and is ...
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