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Master of immense information, thoroughly imbued at once with the learning of
classical and catholic times; gifted with a retentive memory, a poetical fancy, and
a painter's eye, he brings to bear upon every subject the force of erudition, the ...
Master of immense information, thoroughly imbued at once with the learning of
classical and catholic times; gifted with a retentive memory, a poetical fancy, and
a painter's eye, he brings to bear upon every subject the force of erudition, the ...
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... of study to the naturalist, and of meditation to the devout observer of creation.
Chateaubriand has painted, with his usual descriptive powers, one of the most
familiar of these examples— “What ingenious springs move the feet of a bird?
... of study to the naturalist, and of meditation to the devout observer of creation.
Chateaubriand has painted, with his usual descriptive powers, one of the most
familiar of these examples— “What ingenious springs move the feet of a bird?
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You can perceive neither summits nor the smallest peaks; only here and there
slight inequalities, as if the hand of the painter who traced the long lines on the
sky had occasionally trembled. “The chain on the eastern side forms part of the ...
You can perceive neither summits nor the smallest peaks; only here and there
slight inequalities, as if the hand of the painter who traced the long lines on the
sky had occasionally trembled. “The chain on the eastern side forms part of the ...
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He has made the whole Iliad, indeed, turn upon the wrath of Achilles for the loss
of Briseis; and he has painted, with inimitable tenderness and pathos, the
conjugal attachment of Hector and Andromache ; but he had no conception of
love as a ...
He has made the whole Iliad, indeed, turn upon the wrath of Achilles for the loss
of Briseis; and he has painted, with inimitable tenderness and pathos, the
conjugal attachment of Hector and Andromache ; but he had no conception of
love as a ...
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Homer painted with graphic fidelity and incomparable force, often with
extraordinary beauty, the appearances of nature; but it was as illustrations, or for
the purpose of similitude only that he did so. It was on human events that his
thoughts were ...
Homer painted with graphic fidelity and incomparable force, often with
extraordinary beauty, the appearances of nature; but it was as illustrations, or for
the purpose of similitude only that he did so. It was on human events that his
thoughts were ...
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| Otsikko | Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3 Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Archibald Alison |
| Kirjoittaja | Archibald Alison |
| Kustantaja | W. Blackwood, 1850 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Kalifornian yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 18. lokakuu 2007 |
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