Gems of Art and Literature from the "Illustrated Magazine [of Art]".

Etukansi
1855
 

Sisältö

Luku 1
204
Luku 2
224
Luku 3
229
Luku 4
232
Luku 5
241

Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet

Suositut otteet

Sivu 217 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease, So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees.
Sivu 217 - Then leaping on his feet upright, Some moody turns he took; Now up the mead, then down the mead, And past a shady nook : And lo, he saw a little boy That pored upon a book !
Sivu 199 - ... being affected by any sudden or violent shock, or by the weight of the metal running into it. When everything is ready and the metal found to be in a state fit for running, the orifice or mouth of the furnace (which is usually plugged with clay and sand) is opened, when the metal descends, and in a few minutes the mould is filled. The metal is allowed to run till it overflows the mouths of the channels into the mould.
Sivu 218 - ... earth, in everlasting lays, My foes against me wage inglorious war. Oh, tell them, too, that ne'er among my crimes, Did breach of faith, deceit, or fraud, appear; That infamy will brand, to latest times, The insults I receive, while captive here. Know, all ye men of Anjou and Touraine, , And...
Sivu 214 - ... will allow it. Even the receipts for his subscriptions had wit in them. Many of his plates he engraved himself, and often expunged faces etched by his assistants when they had not done justice to his ideas.
Sivu 214 - The weapon from his gripe he wrung, And laid him on the earth along. Whachum his sea-coal prong threw by, And basely turn'd his back to fly ; But Hudibras gave him a twitch, As quick as lightning, in the breech, Just in the place where honour's lodg'd, As wise philosophers have judg'd, Because a kick in that place more Hurts honour, than deep wounds before.
Sivu 218 - To spy the dead: behold, if any else Be terrible as this. And, that on earth Thou mayst bear tidings of me, know that I Am Bertrand, he of Born, who gave King John The counsel mischievous. Father and son I set at mutual war.
Sivu 223 - Lestang," — the name given to him, — " should be Well treated, nor that, except the absolute necessaries of life, should he have anything given to him that may make him pass his time agreeably.
Sivu 215 - The bait soon took, and no Egyptian hieroglyphic ever amused more than it did for a time; painters and sculptors came to me to know the meaning of it, being as much puzzled with it as other people...
Sivu 215 - For the greatest grace and life, that a picture can have, is, that it expresse Motion : which the Painters call the spirite of...

Kirjaluettelon tiedot