The Book of Raphael's CartoonsH. G. Bohn, 1845 - 185 pages |
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Page 13
... fact appears certain . . Of the twenty - five Cartoons , seven of the smaller size ( for they were of different dimensions ) were pur- chased by Charles the First , at the suggestion , it is said , of Rubens ; and have happily remained ...
... fact appears certain . . Of the twenty - five Cartoons , seven of the smaller size ( for they were of different dimensions ) were pur- chased by Charles the First , at the suggestion , it is said , of Rubens ; and have happily remained ...
Page 14
... fact , no doubt , was , that the greater part of those who would otherwise have gladly be- come purchasers , at a price more proportioned to the merit of the works , had , by recent events , been de- prived of the means ; and that the ...
... fact , no doubt , was , that the greater part of those who would otherwise have gladly be- come purchasers , at a price more proportioned to the merit of the works , had , by recent events , been de- prived of the means ; and that the ...
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... facts of the history to a smaller number of figures than in any other of the series ; he has , nevertheless , found means within these confined limits , to indicate all the various emotions necessary to convey a complete impression of ...
... facts of the history to a smaller number of figures than in any other of the series ; he has , nevertheless , found means within these confined limits , to indicate all the various emotions necessary to convey a complete impression of ...
Page 43
... fact , and Richardson to a principle in art , the exculpation of the alleged error , as advanced by the latter , has the greater weight . It may be a fact , that similar vessels , at present in use , are found to be capable of ...
... fact , and Richardson to a principle in art , the exculpation of the alleged error , as advanced by the latter , has the greater weight . It may be a fact , that similar vessels , at present in use , are found to be capable of ...
Page 44
... fact , but verisimilitude . That " truth is stranger than fiction " ( meaning by truth , insulated fact ) is no ex- cuse for wild , lawless invention . The mind of the artist while at work is fixed on the expression , cha- racter , form ...
... fact , but verisimilitude . That " truth is stranger than fiction " ( meaning by truth , insulated fact ) is no ex- cuse for wild , lawless invention . The mind of the artist while at work is fixed on the expression , cha- racter , form ...
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Page 119 - 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 137 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 114 - The lonely mountains o'er and the resounding shore a voice of weeping heard and loud lament...
Page 157 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 119 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 49 - He spake of love, such love as spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure ; No fears to beat away, no strife to heal, The past...
Page 104 - Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 1 St.
Page 113 - So, when the sun in bed, Curtain'd with cloudy red, Pillows his chin upon an orient wave, The flocking shadows pale, Troop to the infernal jail, Each fetter'd ghost slips to his several grave ; And the yellow-skirted fayes, Fly after the night-steeds, leaving their moonlov'd maze.
Page 104 - My children, let us not love in word, but in deed and in truth.
Page 136 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.