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... rooms , the in- juries , which almost all the statues have sus- tained , are not perceived ; and we are surprised at the apparently perfect state of their preserva- tion . With very few exceptions all the figures are 4 SCULPTURE .
... rooms , the in- juries , which almost all the statues have sus- tained , are not perceived ; and we are surprised at the apparently perfect state of their preserva- tion . With very few exceptions all the figures are 4 SCULPTURE .
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... tion was arrested by another Venus . From its mutilated state I at once knew that this was " the statue which enchants the world ; " and with the sensation of a man who has mistaken my lord's gentleman for my lord , I sat down SCULPTURE .
... tion was arrested by another Venus . From its mutilated state I at once knew that this was " the statue which enchants the world ; " and with the sensation of a man who has mistaken my lord's gentleman for my lord , I sat down SCULPTURE .
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... tion . I found my familiarity with the casts and engravings from the antique added greatly to the pleasure I received in viewing the originals : it rendered them in a manner old acquaint- ances ; -friends long known , though seen for ...
... tion . I found my familiarity with the casts and engravings from the antique added greatly to the pleasure I received in viewing the originals : it rendered them in a manner old acquaint- ances ; -friends long known , though seen for ...
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... cess ; and in it is a window which the statue faces . The situation shews the figure to great advantage , but its high fame demanded a sta- tion of greater dignity . In the salle des Romains , is the dying Gladia- 16 SCULPTURE .
... cess ; and in it is a window which the statue faces . The situation shews the figure to great advantage , but its high fame demanded a sta- tion of greater dignity . In the salle des Romains , is the dying Gladia- 16 SCULPTURE .
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... tion . The Virgin appears conscious of her high destiny , yet abashed by the presence of her heavenly visitor . The submission , with which the angel approaches the mother of the Messiah , is blended with the benevolence of a ...
... tion . The Virgin appears conscious of her high destiny , yet abashed by the presence of her heavenly visitor . The submission , with which the angel approaches the mother of the Messiah , is blended with the benevolence of a ...
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Page 126 - Illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt ; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat et miseros morsu depascitur artus; 215 Post ipsum, auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem, Corripiunt, spirisque ligant ingentibus; et iam Bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum Terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 245 - On dirait, quand tu veux, qu'elle te vient chercher: Jamais au bout du vers on ne te voit broncher; Et, sans qu'un long détour t'arrête ou t'embarrasse, A peine as-tu parlé, qu'elle-même s'y place.
Page 114 - For mild he seem'd, as in Elysian bowers, Wasting in careless ease the joyous hours ; Haughty, as bards have sung, with princely sway Curbing the fierce flame-breathing steeds of day ; Beauteous as vision seen in dreamy sleep By holy maid on Delphi's haunted steep, Mid the dim twilight of the laurel grove, Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
Page 113 - Archer stands — no human birth, No perishable denizen of earth ; Youth blooms immortal in his beardless face, A God in strength, with more than godlike grace ; All, all divine — no struggling muscle glows, Through heaving vein no mantling life-blood flows, But animate with deity alone, In deathless glory lives the breathing stone.
Page 224 - Ah ! s'il me permettait cet horrible entretien, " La pâleur de mon front passerait sur le tien. " Nos mains se sécheraient en touchant la couronne, " Si nous savions, mon fils, à quel titre il la donne. " Vivant, du rang suprême on sent mal le fardeau : " Mais qu'un sceptre est pesant quand on entre au
Page 66 - In verbis etiam tenuis cautusque serendis, Dixeris egregie notum si callida verbum Reddiderit junctura novum. Si forte necesse est Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, Fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget, dabiturque licentia sumpta pudenter ; Et nova fictaque nuper habebunt verba fidem si Graeco fonte cadant, parce detorta.
Page 124 - Nee multo plurium fama est, quorundam claritati in operibus eximiis obstante numero artificum, quoniam nee unus occupat gloriam, nee plures pariter nuncupari possunt, sicut in Laocoonte, qui est in Titi Imperatoris domo, opus omnibus et picturae et statuariae artis praeponendum. Ex uno lapide eum et liberos draconumque mirabiles nexus de consilii sententia fecere summi artifices, Agesander et "Polydorus et Athenodorus Rhodii.
Page 241 - Mais nous, que la raison a ses regies engage, Nous voulons qu'avec art 1'action se menage ; Qu'en un lieu, qu'en un jour, un seul fait accompli Tienne jusqu'a la fin le theatre rempli.
Page 228 - C'est trop souffrir la vie et le poids qui me tue. Eh! qu'offre donc la mort à mon âme abattue?
Page 229 - Combien de malheureux iraient, dans le tombeau, De leurs longues douleurs déposer le fardeau ! Ah ! que ce port souvent est vu d'un œil...