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... exhibiting those qualities have since prevailed in different ages and countries . The superiority , however , of these pure and fault- less models has been invariably recognized by all ; so that the vicious extravagancies and cor ...
... exhibiting those qualities have since prevailed in different ages and countries . The superiority , however , of these pure and fault- less models has been invariably recognized by all ; so that the vicious extravagancies and cor ...
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... exhibited in forms ; whereas , in the eyes , it could only arise from brightness or colours . The effect is , accord- ingly , the most animated and striking , that can be conceived , in the instances which we have remaining of bronze ...
... exhibited in forms ; whereas , in the eyes , it could only arise from brightness or colours . The effect is , accord- ingly , the most animated and striking , that can be conceived , in the instances which we have remaining of bronze ...
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... exhibited . Nevertheless a path with the sides shaggy and neglected , or a pic- turesque lane between broken and rugged banks , may be kept as clean , and as commo- dious for the purpose of walking , as the neatest gravel walk ...
... exhibited . Nevertheless a path with the sides shaggy and neglected , or a pic- turesque lane between broken and rugged banks , may be kept as clean , and as commo- dious for the purpose of walking , as the neatest gravel walk ...
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... exhibiting genuine though minute examples of the rise , progress , perfection , and decay of imitative art , employed upon the noblest sub- jects , the images of gods , heroes , and princes , among those nations , from which all ...
... exhibiting genuine though minute examples of the rise , progress , perfection , and decay of imitative art , employed upon the noblest sub- jects , the images of gods , heroes , and princes , among those nations , from which all ...
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... exhibiting them with one leg shorter than the other , or one eye smaller than the other ; and , though men have cut off the ears and tails of their horses , and cropped their manes , to make them more beau- tiful , no one has ever ...
... exhibiting them with one leg shorter than the other , or one eye smaller than the other ; and , though men have cut off the ears and tails of their horses , and cropped their manes , to make them more beau- tiful , no one has ever ...
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Page 357 - Above them all the archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows .Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss,) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 396 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 352 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 245 - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
Page 395 - Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 9 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and can not but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Page 397 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 395 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to* trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, thro...
Page 369 - When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and are simply terrible; but at certain distances, and with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every day experience.
Page 395 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.