Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... painted , all is over . Faces are the best part of a picture ; but even faces are not what we chiefly remember in what interests us most . But it may be asked then , Is there anything better than Claude Lorraine's landscapes , than ...
... painted , all is over . Faces are the best part of a picture ; but even faces are not what we chiefly remember in what interests us most . But it may be asked then , Is there anything better than Claude Lorraine's landscapes , than ...
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... , and which Sir Joshua Reynolds ought not to have painted . " Another writer whom I shall mention last , and whom I cannot persuade myself to think a mere modern in the groundwork , is Ossian . * He is a feeling 24 On Poetry in General .
... , and which Sir Joshua Reynolds ought not to have painted . " Another writer whom I shall mention last , and whom I cannot persuade myself to think a mere modern in the groundwork , is Ossian . * He is a feeling 24 On Poetry in General .
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... painted on the wall , is this one : " The statue of Mars upon a carte stood Armed , and looked grim as he were wood . A wolf ther stood beforne him at his fete With eyen red , and of a man he ete . " The story of Griselda is in ...
... painted on the wall , is this one : " The statue of Mars upon a carte stood Armed , and looked grim as he were wood . A wolf ther stood beforne him at his fete With eyen red , and of a man he ete . " The story of Griselda is in ...
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... painted dragon , and think it will strangle them in its shining folds . This is very idle . If they do not meddle with the allegory , the allegory will not meddle with them . Without minding it at all , the whole is as plain as a pike ...
... painted dragon , and think it will strangle them in its shining folds . This is very idle . If they do not meddle with the allegory , the allegory will not meddle with them . Without minding it at all , the whole is as plain as a pike ...
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... painted plumes in goodly order dight , Like as the sun - burnt Indians do array Their tawny bodies in their proudest plight : As those same plumes so seem'd he vain and light , That by his gait might easily appear ; For still he far'd ...
... painted plumes in goodly order dight , Like as the sun - burnt Indians do array Their tawny bodies in their proudest plight : As those same plumes so seem'd he vain and light , That by his gait might easily appear ; For still he far'd ...
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