Gems: Selected from the Antique, with Illustrations, Oplag 2J. Murray, 1804 - 60 sider |
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... objects are our pleasures , and that the former are of re- motest antiquity , one cannot place the origin of engraving too far back . The earliest men were subjected to the same passions which agitate ourselves . Ambition and self ...
... objects are our pleasures , and that the former are of re- motest antiquity , one cannot place the origin of engraving too far back . The earliest men were subjected to the same passions which agitate ourselves . Ambition and self ...
Side 11
... objects of that knowledge ? * We know nothing of the blossom of the persea . We imagine the flower to be Lotus Nilo- tica , called also , if we recollect right , Nymphæa Nelumbo . Strabo mentions the persea , as an evergreen tree ...
... objects of that knowledge ? * We know nothing of the blossom of the persea . We imagine the flower to be Lotus Nilo- tica , called also , if we recollect right , Nymphæa Nelumbo . Strabo mentions the persea , as an evergreen tree ...
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... object so frequently recurs among the hieroglyphics as the sphynx , we know very little of this symbolical monster ; and it has been of late conjectured that this chimerical figure describes that period in the astronomical system when ...
... object so frequently recurs among the hieroglyphics as the sphynx , we know very little of this symbolical monster ; and it has been of late conjectured that this chimerical figure describes that period in the astronomical system when ...
Side 22
... objects to represent it . The Romans long abstained from engraving any image of the gods , but afterwards adopting the religious rites of other nations , they became , like those nations , the slaves of su- perstition . Caprice invented ...
... objects to represent it . The Romans long abstained from engraving any image of the gods , but afterwards adopting the religious rites of other nations , they became , like those nations , the slaves of su- perstition . Caprice invented ...
Side 9
... object before her , she regains her strength , and the more she examines the heavenly boy , the more beautiful he appears , and with a softer influence the enchantment steals over her senses . She beholds a head adorned with flowing and ...
... object before her , she regains her strength , and the more she examines the heavenly boy , the more beautiful he appears , and with a softer influence the enchantment steals over her senses . She beholds a head adorned with flowing and ...
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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...