The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, 第 2 巻Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... paint a battle ; but she can give dignity , and even sub- limity , to the thanksgiving after it ; nor can the difference be shewn more strong- ly , than by comparing the efforts made in each way . It is in proportion to the merit of the ...
... paint a battle ; but she can give dignity , and even sub- limity , to the thanksgiving after it ; nor can the difference be shewn more strong- ly , than by comparing the efforts made in each way . It is in proportion to the merit of the ...
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... which are among those efforts of genius , wherein this great master has contrived to paint darkness by its mental effects , the production of uncertainty and hesi- tation . The light On the Moral Effects of Music . 15.
... which are among those efforts of genius , wherein this great master has contrived to paint darkness by its mental effects , the production of uncertainty and hesi- tation . The light On the Moral Effects of Music . 15.
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... Bone . It seems impossible for the art of enamel painting to go beyond the force and richness of colouring displayed in this picture : and yet there is an hardness of outline which belongs , perhaps , ra- ther to British Gallery . 29.
... Bone . It seems impossible for the art of enamel painting to go beyond the force and richness of colouring displayed in this picture : and yet there is an hardness of outline which belongs , perhaps , ra- ther to British Gallery . 29.
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... paint in this style , England will never have to envy Holland her De Heem and Van Hysum . It is , in truth , a wonderfully executed picture ; there is a spirit and richness in the touch , accompanied at the same time , with great warmth ...
... paint in this style , England will never have to envy Holland her De Heem and Van Hysum . It is , in truth , a wonderfully executed picture ; there is a spirit and richness in the touch , accompanied at the same time , with great warmth ...
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... . MR . WOOD has , in this picture , painted a very beautiful countenance of some young lady , encircled by clouds . The head only appears : but this has abundance of attraction , from the accu- racy of its British Gallery . 31.
... . MR . WOOD has , in this picture , painted a very beautiful countenance of some young lady , encircled by clouds . The head only appears : but this has abundance of attraction , from the accu- racy of its British Gallery . 31.
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348 ページ - The fame that a man wins himself is best ; That he may call his own : honours put to him Make him no more a man than his clothes do, Which are as soon ta'en off; for in the warmth The heat comes from the body, not the weeds ; So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds.
252 ページ - ... my sin hath blurred ; enlighten my understanding with thy truth; rectify my judgment with thy word; direct my will with thy spirit; strengthen my memory to retain good things; order my affections, that I may love thee above all things ; increase my faith ; encourage my hope; quicken my charity; sweeten my thoughts with thy grace; season my words with thy spirit; sanctify my actions with thy wisdom; subdue the insolence of my rebellious flesh ; restrain the fury of my unbridled passions; reform...
272 ページ - Collection were so well known in almost all parts of Europe. ' Afterwards it is observed that 'The books in general are in very fine condition, many of them bound in morocco, and russia leather, with gilt leaves.