The North American Review, Band 66Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... laying bare the secrets of the heart , and painting life and manners as they were , and making vice so contemptible and virtue so lovely , that none could hesitate in their choice ; and Alfieri , the inflexible foe of every species ...
... laying bare the secrets of the heart , and painting life and manners as they were , and making vice so contemptible and virtue so lovely , that none could hesitate in their choice ; and Alfieri , the inflexible foe of every species ...
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Titian painted with the feeling that his works would one day hang side by side with those of Raphael ; and Ariosto , amid the crowd that press forward to meet him in his hour of triumph , sees Lombard and Tuscan and Roman mingling ...
Titian painted with the feeling that his works would one day hang side by side with those of Raphael ; and Ariosto , amid the crowd that press forward to meet him in his hour of triumph , sees Lombard and Tuscan and Roman mingling ...
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... we would cite Cantù's Universal History , in which the whole history of mankind , from the creation to our own days , is recorded in a clear and animated narrative , while their manners and customs are painted with rare accuracy and ...
... we would cite Cantù's Universal History , in which the whole history of mankind , from the creation to our own days , is recorded in a clear and animated narrative , while their manners and customs are painted with rare accuracy and ...
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He painted them experimentally , and more from the love of it than for gain . His profound knowledge of high art lay in theory and observation ; his practice in 1 ; it was not enough to narrow his mind down to any particular system or ...
He painted them experimentally , and more from the love of it than for gain . His profound knowledge of high art lay in theory and observation ; his practice in 1 ; it was not enough to narrow his mind down to any particular system or ...
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Now it may be remarked in passing , that although the former class , with one exception , painted no landscapes , and therefore are not included in the author's general condemnation , yet the same faults might ...
Now it may be remarked in passing , that although the former class , with one exception , painted no landscapes , and therefore are not included in the author's general condemnation , yet the same faults might ...
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Seite 228 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Seite 442 - THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, — tliou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summerblooms may be.
Seite 204 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Seite 203 - Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips apart, while a shudder Ran through her frame, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her fingers, And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terribls anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.
Seite 77 - Alike in the political and military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals : and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince dethroned for the balance of an account ! Thus it was they exhibited a government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house — wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket...
Seite 443 - THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.
Seite 215 - Livy. Selections from the first five books, together with the twenty-first and twenty-second books entire. With a Plan of Rome, and a Map of the Passage of Hannibal, and English Notes for the nse of Schools.
Seite 68 - I've bought the best champagne from Brooks. From liberal Brooks, whose speculative skill Is hasty credit, and a distant bill. Who, nursed in clubs, disdains a vulgar trade, Exults to trust, and blushes to be paid.
Seite 211 - And with these words of cheer they arose and continued their journey. Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden wand o'er the landscape ; Twinkling...