Gems: Selected from the Antique, with Illustrations, Oplag 2John Murray, 1804 - 94 sider |
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... beautiful pieces of Grecian sculpture ; while others dis- play a rich source of picturesque imagination ; the sports and the models of the greatest artists . As these gems have been en- graven on the most solid substances , they have ...
... beautiful pieces of Grecian sculpture ; while others dis- play a rich source of picturesque imagination ; the sports and the models of the greatest artists . As these gems have been en- graven on the most solid substances , they have ...
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... beautiful they had no concep- tion . Their figures are generally executed with care , but the de- sign is hard and stiff . We find on these Egyptian stones the di- vinities of the country , and all those symbolical and hieroglyphi- cal ...
... beautiful they had no concep- tion . Their figures are generally executed with care , but the de- sign is hard and stiff . We find on these Egyptian stones the di- vinities of the country , and all those symbolical and hieroglyphi- cal ...
Side 20
... beautiful fragments of cameos , are frequently found on the sea shore , in the vicinity of Naples , Baja , and Puzzoli , and in the towns of Sicily . The ROMANS , before they were acquainted with the Greeks , from the earliest period of ...
... beautiful fragments of cameos , are frequently found on the sea shore , in the vicinity of Naples , Baja , and Puzzoli , and in the towns of Sicily . The ROMANS , before they were acquainted with the Greeks , from the earliest period of ...
Side 25
... beautiful cups and vases of solid onyx , sardonyx , and rock crystal , exhibiting the finest relievo work ; on calculation , we wonder at the enormous cost of the time , the art , with the folly of convert- ing such perishable materials ...
... beautiful cups and vases of solid onyx , sardonyx , and rock crystal , exhibiting the finest relievo work ; on calculation , we wonder at the enormous cost of the time , the art , with the folly of convert- ing such perishable materials ...
Side 28
... beautiful work of art ; they stamped their feu- dal and tyrannic charts with a seal , rude and heavy as their souls and their swords ; the pommel of which latter more than once served as their seal , at a time they could not subscribe ...
... beautiful work of art ; they stamped their feu- dal and tyrannic charts with a seal , rude and heavy as their souls and their swords ; the pommel of which latter more than once served as their seal , at a time they could not subscribe ...
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32 Fleet Street Acratus adorned Ægypt antiquity Apollo appears Apuleius artists attitude Bacchus beautiful bride butterfly called cameo Catullus ceremonies character charm colour copied cornelian countenance Cupid and Psyche curious Dagley decorated deity Diomed Dioscorides divinity Egyp Egypt Egyptian elegant emblem ENGRAVED GEMS engraved stones engraven Etruscans executed exhibits expression fable figure finger Fleet Street London fragment frequently fulmen gems genius gods Graces Greece Greeks hand head Hesiod hieroglyphics holding Homer Horapollo husband imagination imitation ingenious intaglio invention John Murray 32 Jupiter justly lion Love lyre marriage Marsyas medals Murray 32 Fleet nuptial observed origin ornaments painting Palladium Phidias Phrygian cap Pliny Plutarch poets Polymetis Praxiteles preserved Priam probably pronuba Published March 24 quoit R.Dagley represented ring Roman Rome rude sacred sculp sculpture seal shews sometimes soul sphynx statues symbol Tassie's taste temple tian tion Titans torch Venus VIGNETTE wings
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Side 20 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Side 43 - Three rays of writhen rain, of fire three more, Of winged southern winds and cloudy store As many parts, the dreadful mixture frame; And fears are added, and avenging flame.
Side 10 - There is a drawing of the head of Charles I. in the library of St. John's College at Oxford, wholly composed of minute written characters, which at a small distance resemble the lines of an engraving. The lines of the head, and the ruff, are said to contain the book of Psalms, the Creed, and the Lord's prayer. In the British Museum we find a drawing representing the portrait of Queen Anne, not much above the size of the hand.
Side 12 - Love. Beneath a moving shade of fruits and flowers, Onward they march to Hymen's sacred bowers; With lifted torch he lights the festive train Sublime, and leads them in his golden chain ; Joins the fond pair, indulgent to their vows, And hides with mystic veil their blushing brows. Hound their fair forms their mingling arms they fling, Meet with warm lip and clasp with rustling wing.
Side 28 - Go ! mix'd with- eunuchs in the mother's rites (Where with unequal sound the flute invites), Sing, dance, and howl, by turns, in Ida's shade : Resign the war to men, who know the martial trade.
Side 13 - The first way was, To make the principal circumstance in the subject stand for the whole. Thus when they would describe a battle, or two armies in array, they painted (as we learn from...
Side 13 - The second, or more artificial method of contraction, was by putting the instrument of the thing, whether real or metaphorical, for the thing itself. Thus, an eye eminently placed was designed to represent God's omniscience...
Side 13 - Sometimes this kind of hieroglyphic was founded on their observations on the form, and real or imaginary natures and qualities, of beings. Thus the universe was designed by a serpent in a circle, whose variegated spots signified the stars; and the sun-rise...
Side 27 - I share thy banquet, and consent to live." With that, Achilles bade prepare the bed, With purple soft and shaggy carpets spread; Forth, by the flaming lights, they bend their way, And place the couches, and the coverings lay.
Side 39 - He walks majestic round the starry Frame, And now the Light'nings from Olympus flame ; The Earth wide blazes with the Fires of Jove, Nor the Flash spares the Verdure of the Grove. Fierce glows the Air, the boiling Ocean roars, And the Seas wash with burning "Waves their Shores ; The...