Art and Nature Under an Italian SkyT. Constable and Company, 1853 - 294 sider |
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... interest on such occasions , and of criticism also , which doubtless is generally mutual . Near me sat a good- natured and somewhat portly dame , with a pleasing - looking daughter . The former amused me considerably : her remarks were ...
... interest on such occasions , and of criticism also , which doubtless is generally mutual . Near me sat a good- natured and somewhat portly dame , with a pleasing - looking daughter . The former amused me considerably : her remarks were ...
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... interest in the scene . Then , as if to shew the artist's power , he has introduced a noble - looking Roman woman , with her babe in her arms , and the same sadness in her face . Still more remarkable is the expression given to an old ...
... interest in the scene . Then , as if to shew the artist's power , he has introduced a noble - looking Roman woman , with her babe in her arms , and the same sadness in her face . Still more remarkable is the expression given to an old ...
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... interest here . Of any we have yet seen , this cathedral is perhaps the most difficult to describe ; for while all must allow and admire its gorgeous architecture and magnificent internal decorations , I for one was unable to feel its ...
... interest here . Of any we have yet seen , this cathedral is perhaps the most difficult to describe ; for while all must allow and admire its gorgeous architecture and magnificent internal decorations , I for one was unable to feel its ...
Side 11
... interest in the town itself , amongst others a noble bronze statue of Beethoven just erected close to the cathedral , we returned heartily tired after such a day . Sorry as we were to say farewell to Bonn , we had to do so next morning ...
... interest in the town itself , amongst others a noble bronze statue of Beethoven just erected close to the cathedral , we returned heartily tired after such a day . Sorry as we were to say farewell to Bonn , we had to do so next morning ...
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... interest is St. Goar , overhung by the vast fortress of Rheinfels . It is of great extent , but quite in ruins . Here we had to part with our pleasant travelling - com- panions - the brother and sister already mentioned , who landed at ...
... interest is St. Goar , overhung by the vast fortress of Rheinfels . It is of great extent , but quite in ruins . Here we had to part with our pleasant travelling - com- panions - the brother and sister already mentioned , who landed at ...
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Art and Nature Under an Italian Sky (Classic Reprint) Margaret Juliana Maria Dunbar Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2015 |
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Side 27 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Side 136 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Side 176 - And gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand ; And one keen pyramid with wedge sublime, Pavilioning the dust of him who planned This refuge for his memory, doth stand Like flame transformed to marble ; and beneath A field is spread, on which a newer band Have pitched in Heaven's smile their camp of death, Welcoming him we lose with scarce extinguished breath.
Side 34 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Side 176 - And flowering weeds, and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till the Spirit of the spot shall lead Thy footsteps to a slope of green access, Where, like an infant's smile, over the dead A light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread.
Side 248 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Side 291 - There did he stand, erect, invincible, Though wan his cheeks, and wet with many tears, For in his prayers he had been weeping much; And now the pilgrims and the people wept With admiration, saying in their hearts, " Surely those aged limbs have need of rest!
Side 174 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Side 218 - And when all beheld Him, where he lay, how changed from yesterday, Him in that hour cut off, and at his head His last great work ;