Walks in London, Volume 2Daldy, 1878 - London (England) |
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... lines of Savage- " O Gibbs ! whose art the solemn fane can raise , Where God delights to dwell , and man to praise . " But its portico is its best feature , and the effect even of this is injured by the tower , which seems to rise out ...
... lines of Savage- " O Gibbs ! whose art the solemn fane can raise , Where God delights to dwell , and man to praise . " But its portico is its best feature , and the effect even of this is injured by the tower , which seems to rise out ...
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... lines given by Burns to his heroic beggar- ' Yet let my country need me , with Elliott to lead me , I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum ' - lines that may have been written while Reynolds was painting the picture ...
... lines given by Burns to his heroic beggar- ' Yet let my country need me , with Elliott to lead me , I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum ' - lines that may have been written while Reynolds was painting the picture ...
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... lines , with all the parts at the same time so modelled in the clearest and most blooming colours , that Correggio may here be called a sculptor on a flat sur- face . " - Dr . Waagen . " Those who may not perfectly understand what ...
... lines , with all the parts at the same time so modelled in the clearest and most blooming colours , that Correggio may here be called a sculptor on a flat sur- face . " - Dr . Waagen . " Those who may not perfectly understand what ...
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... lines of Charles Morris * . " In town let me live , then , in town let me die ; For in truth I can't relish the country , not I. If one must have a villa in summer to dwell , Oh ! give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall . " The genial ...
... lines of Charles Morris * . " In town let me live , then , in town let me die ; For in truth I can't relish the country , not I. If one must have a villa in summer to dwell , Oh ! give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall . " The genial ...
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... line . " This fine room is spoilt by the lowness of the dado . We may notice- Left Wall . 17. Titian . Diana and Acteon . letters on a pilaster . " Titianus F. " is inscribed in gold 130. Ary de Voys . A Young Man with a Book - a small ...
... line . " This fine room is spoilt by the lowness of the dado . We may notice- Left Wall . 17. Titian . Diana and Acteon . letters on a pilaster . " Titianus F. " is inscribed in gold 130. Ary de Voys . A Young Man with a Book - a small ...
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Page 233 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 234 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 481 - And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness ; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Page 294 - Mighty victor, mighty lord ! Low on his funeral couch he lies ! No pitying heart, no eye afford . A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 364 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 193 - My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there ; I do beseech you, send for some of them.
Page 239 - The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 92 - He who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left; And he who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning...
Page 241 - Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Page 319 - Malcom, Land, rediv. INSCRIPTION ON A MONUMENT ALLUDED TO IN THE SKETCH Here lyes the Loyal Duke of Newcastle, and his Duchess his second wife, by whom he had no issue. Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to the Lord Lucas of Colchester, a noble family ; for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous.