| 1829 - 494 Seiten
...sculptor, Dr. Darwin paid a just tribute in the following lines : — " Long with soft touch shall Darner's chisel charm, With grace delight us, and with beauty...Forster's fine form shall hearts unborn engage, And Melbourn's smile enchant another age." A bust of herself, executed in marble, in 1778, and placed in... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1835 - 326 Seiten
...Pensanger — her father, Marshal Conway— and the one of Lady Klizabeth Foster, afterward Dutchess of Devonshire ; — as to the merits of two of which...shall hearts unborn engage, And Melbourne's smile cm-limit another age." We may probably include, also, in the list of works referred to by Walpole,... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1846 - 340 Seiten
...testimony of Dr. Darwin: " I .on ft with soft toach shall Darner's chisel charm, With grace delight us arm with beauty warm; Forster's fine form shall hearts unborn engage, And Melbourne's smile enchaut another age." We may probably include, also, in the list of works referred to by Walpole, that... | |
| Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1859 - 370 Seiten
...Muse of Sculpture, preserving the graceful lightness of her form and air. The poet Darwin says : " Long with soft touch shall Damer's chisel charm ; With grace delight us, and with beauty warm." After 1780, she produced several fine specimens of sculpture, both in marble and terra-cotta. She made... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1860 - 540 Seiten
...the common public estimate of her powers when he writes of her: "Long with soft touch shall Darner's chisel charm, With grace delight us and with beauty...engage, And Melbourne's smile enchant another age;" referring to the busts of Viscountess Melbourne at Pansanger, and of the Duchess of Devonshire. In... | |
| The Queens Of Society - 1861 - 538 Seiten
...not much of a judge of art, yet gives the common public estimate of her powers when he writes of her: "Long with soft touch shall Damer's chisel charm,...engage, And Melbourne's smile enchant another age;" ,referring to the busts of Viscountess Melbourne at Pansanger, and of the Duchess of Devonshire. In... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1870 - 454 Seiten
...Posthumous Memoirs, vol. ip 239. Spain, and is thus complimented by Dr. Darwin, on two of her busts:— " Long with soft touch shall Damer's chisel charm, With...shall hearts unborn engage, And Melbourne's smile endear another age.'' She was a devoted Whig, and assisted the Duchess of Devonshire and Mrs. Crewe... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1870 - 436 Seiten
...is thus complimented by Dr. Darwin, on two of her busts :— " Long with soft touch shall Darner's chisel charm, With grace delight us, and with beauty...shall hearts unborn engage, And Melbourne's smile endear another age.'' She was a devoted Whig, and assisted the Duchess of Devonshire and Mrs. Crewe... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1888 - 556 Seiten
...her busts of Lady Elizabeth Foster, afterwards Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Melbourne, says : — Long with soft touch shall Damer's chisel charm, With grace delight us and with beauty warm ; Foster's fine form shall hearts unborn engage, And Melbourne's smile enchant another age. (Economy... | |
| Charles Dexter Allen - 1896 - 246 Seiten
...following lines, which may be taken to express the common opinion of this gifted lady of noble rank. " Long with soft touch shall Damer's chisel charm, With...engage, And Melbourne's smile enchant another age." Mrs. Damer was greatly interested in the ideas of that peculiar person, Charles James Fox, who, in... | |
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