The Illustrated Magazine of ArtAlexander Montgomery, 1853 |
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... covered volume , the Parliamentary Companion , who has been in the gallery for The Times for between thirty and forty years ; and Mr. Tyas , another veteran of more than thirty years ' parliamentary service on the same paper . Tyas is ...
... covered volume , the Parliamentary Companion , who has been in the gallery for The Times for between thirty and forty years ; and Mr. Tyas , another veteran of more than thirty years ' parliamentary service on the same paper . Tyas is ...
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... covered with loveliest blossoms , and bearing the sweetest fruits . He was only nineteen years of age when he ventured to innovate so far as to write a long poem in the heroic couplet . This is the " Court of Love , 8 THE ILLUSTRATED ...
... covered with loveliest blossoms , and bearing the sweetest fruits . He was only nineteen years of age when he ventured to innovate so far as to write a long poem in the heroic couplet . This is the " Court of Love , 8 THE ILLUSTRATED ...
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... covered with buckleather coated with glue and emery . Here another rapid and dexterous process is observable . A tray of pens being placed most conveniently to the grinder , one of them is caught up with the left hand ; it is then fixed ...
... covered with buckleather coated with glue and emery . Here another rapid and dexterous process is observable . A tray of pens being placed most conveniently to the grinder , one of them is caught up with the left hand ; it is then fixed ...
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... covered with the blue lotus ; and the mighty granite structures to Moslem rulers . Arab viceroys have reigned in the land of the Pharaohs ; Turkish independent ' princes have held sway over Egypt ; it has been governed by Arab ...
... covered with the blue lotus ; and the mighty granite structures to Moslem rulers . Arab viceroys have reigned in the land of the Pharaohs ; Turkish independent ' princes have held sway over Egypt ; it has been governed by Arab ...
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... covered with a turban of white cotton . The feet and lower part of the legs are naked . The dress of the Fellah ... covering of white cotton descends upon the forehead , and the whole of the head - dress is ornamented with pearls , when ...
... covered with a turban of white cotton . The feet and lower part of the legs are naked . The dress of the Fellah ... covering of white cotton descends upon the forehead , and the whole of the head - dress is ornamented with pearls , when ...
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Page 330 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet *, and only took snuff.
Page 212 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Page 212 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Page 62 - To have produced it, to have preserved it, to have matured it, constitute the immortal claim of England on the esteem of mankind.
Page 22 - I am not that strong, active man you once knew me. You scarcely can conceive how much eight years of disappointment, anguish, and study, have worn me down.
Page 172 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces.
Page 180 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course, and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Page 22 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Page 148 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Page 19 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St Paul's Churchyard, who has written so many little books for children : he called himself their friend, but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone ; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of one Mr Thomas Trip.