Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... original of the picture in the midst of so many copies , we must recur to that which , by its unity and the perfection of its parts , unfolds the genius of a master . It is that which we find in Genesis , the original of all those ...
... original of the picture in the midst of so many copies , we must recur to that which , by its unity and the perfection of its parts , unfolds the genius of a master . It is that which we find in Genesis , the original of all those ...
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... originals is sufficient to show that the genius of the architects has supplied , in the mag- nitude of proportion , what was wanting in size ; and Athens is accordingly filled with stupendous edifices . The Athenians , a people far from ...
... originals is sufficient to show that the genius of the architects has supplied , in the mag- nitude of proportion , what was wanting in size ; and Athens is accordingly filled with stupendous edifices . The Athenians , a people far from ...
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... original on the memory . " To understand the view from the Acropolis , you must figure to yourself all the plain at its foot ; bare and clothed in a dusky heath , intersected here and there by woods of olives , squares of barley , and ...
... original on the memory . " To understand the view from the Acropolis , you must figure to yourself all the plain at its foot ; bare and clothed in a dusky heath , intersected here and there by woods of olives , squares of barley , and ...
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... original ones in which the features are distinctly marked , the lines clearly drawn , the peculiarities strongly brought out . The images which are adopted are those which have first occurred to the creative mind in forming a world of ...
... original ones in which the features are distinctly marked , the lines clearly drawn , the peculiarities strongly brought out . The images which are adopted are those which have first occurred to the creative mind in forming a world of ...
Sivu 44
... original author , and his fame is second only to the immortal author of the Iliad . Dante worshipped him as a species of divinity ; he made him his guide through the infernal regions , to unfold the crimes of the wicked , and the ...
... original author , and his fame is second only to the immortal author of the Iliad . Dante worshipped him as a species of divinity ; he made him his guide through the infernal regions , to unfold the crimes of the wicked , and the ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...