The Connoisseur, Volume 16Hearst Corporation, 1906 - Art |
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Page 12 - ... a lone man's companion, a bachelor's friend, a hungry man's food, a sad man's cordial, a wakeful man's sleep, and a chilly man's fire, Sir ; while for stanching of wounds, purging of rheum, and settling of the stomach, there's no herb like unto it under the canopy of heaven.
Page 73 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Page 20 - Then the General went to the table where the mace lay, which used to be carried before the Speaker, and said, "Take away these baubles.
Page 258 - are not requisite for an historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts ready to his hand : so there is no exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree: only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring, will fit a man for the task, if he can give the application which is necessary.
Page 258 - ... Great abilities (said he) are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts ready to his hand ; so there is no exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree ; only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring will fit a man for the task, if he can give the application which is necessary.
Page 33 - extant" about the purchase of the late Duke of Roxburgh's copy of the first edition of Shakspeare. A friend was bidding for him in the sale-room : his Grace had retired to one end of the room, coolly to view the issue of the contest. The biddings rose quickly to 20 guineas ; a great sum in former times : but the Duke was not to be daunted or defeated.
Page 17 - ... best governor of Britain, whatever we admired in you, still continues, and will continue in the memories of men, the revolutions of ages, and the annals of time. Many, as inglorious and ignoble, are buried in oblivion ; but Sidney shall live to all posterity. For, as the Grecian poet has it, virtue's beyond the reach of fate.
Page 238 - Christ, hast promised to all them that seek Thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance ; Send us, we beseech Thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to Thy honour ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 238 - For Rain. OGod, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jefus Chrift haft promifed to all them that feek thy kingdom, and the righteoufnefs thereof, all things neceflary to their , bodily fuftenance...