Art and Nature Under an Italian SkyT. Constable and Company, 1853 - 294 sider |
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Side 4
... marble of the Virgin Mary , chosen and brought here by Rubens himself . There is a small oval picture by Vandyke , which I liked , but no other struck me . On leaving St. Jacques , we went to the Cathedral , of which the good city is so ...
... marble of the Virgin Mary , chosen and brought here by Rubens himself . There is a small oval picture by Vandyke , which I liked , but no other struck me . On leaving St. Jacques , we went to the Cathedral , of which the good city is so ...
Side 7
... marble , tinting now a group of kneeling figures , now a statue , and again bringing into light and life the old grey time - worn arches . The whole centre of the vast building was filled with people ; but I could not look at the ...
... marble , tinting now a group of kneeling figures , now a statue , and again bringing into light and life the old grey time - worn arches . The whole centre of the vast building was filled with people ; but I could not look at the ...
Side 10
... around them , and the names inscribed in rubies above each ! Near this strange tomb is a slab of marble , covering the heart of " Mary of Medicis . " In the sacristy we were shewn a shrine of richly chased silver , with 10 INTRODUCTION .
... around them , and the names inscribed in rubies above each ! Near this strange tomb is a slab of marble , covering the heart of " Mary of Medicis . " In the sacristy we were shewn a shrine of richly chased silver , with 10 INTRODUCTION .
Side 41
... marble , " a fairy structure all unmeet for aught but the soft breeze of heaven to touch , or the cloudless vault of an Italian sky to cover ! It has been often with me in my visions since that evening hour in which first I saw it ...
... marble , " a fairy structure all unmeet for aught but the soft breeze of heaven to touch , or the cloudless vault of an Italian sky to cover ! It has been often with me in my visions since that evening hour in which first I saw it ...
Side 42
... marble tracery work , through which I , at least , cast many an involuntary glance , with nervous dread , upon the dazzling roof , and the city far below . Arrived at the gallery upon the top of the turret , the view , as may well be ...
... marble tracery work , through which I , at least , cast many an involuntary glance , with nervous dread , upon the dazzling roof , and the city far below . Arrived at the gallery upon the top of the turret , the view , as may well be ...
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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 ;