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... took new ground , and appealed to the reli- gious feelings of his royal patron . He suggested to the King a series of pietures on the progress of revealed religion : a splendid Oratory was projected for their reception ; and half - a ...
... took new ground , and appealed to the reli- gious feelings of his royal patron . He suggested to the King a series of pietures on the progress of revealed religion : a splendid Oratory was projected for their reception ; and half - a ...
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... took his place on the 24th of March , 1792 , and delivered his inaugural address to an audience who much applauded a com- position which could have cost him little thought , since it dwelt but on two topics - the excellence of British ...
... took his place on the 24th of March , 1792 , and delivered his inaugural address to an audience who much applauded a com- position which could have cost him little thought , since it dwelt but on two topics - the excellence of British ...
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... took West by the hand , and said , " You have justified the opinion which the King has of you ; he will be delighted with your answer . " In that answer there was certainly very little of the Quaker . Possibly he was not without hope ...
... took West by the hand , and said , " You have justified the opinion which the King has of you ; he will be delighted with your answer . " In that answer there was certainly very little of the Quaker . Possibly he was not without hope ...
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... took it into his head that he was looked upon coldly by the government for his admiration of Buonaparte ; and , assailed in the Academy by an opposition strong in numbers and in eloquence , in which Shee distinguished himself , he was ...
... took it into his head that he was looked upon coldly by the government for his admiration of Buonaparte ; and , assailed in the Academy by an opposition strong in numbers and in eloquence , in which Shee distinguished himself , he was ...
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... took him to sea ; but to be pent up in a floating prison - to see the same monotonous scene setting upon him at night , and opening upon him every day , and to drudge and become familiar with the severe duties of a mariner's life , were ...
... took him to sea ; but to be pent up in a floating prison - to see the same monotonous scene setting upon him at night , and opening upon him every day , and to drudge and become familiar with the severe duties of a mariner's life , were ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admired Amelia Opie appeared artist Barry Barry's beauty Benjamin West Bird Blake brethren Burke called character colours companion compositions copy death Domenichino drawing easel eminent engravings excellence exclaimed exhibited eyes fame fancy father feeling Felpham finished formed fortune friends Fuseli gallery genius GEORGE MORLAND grace grave guineas hand happy Hassell Henry Fuseli historical honour imagination imbodied invention kind King labour lived London looked Lord Lord Grosvenor Majesty master merit Michael Angelo Milton mind Morland nation nature never Opie original painter painting pencil person picture Pindar poet poetic poetry portrait praise Prince Hoare productions Quaker racter Raphael Rembrandt Reynolds Rome Royal Academy says scene seemed Shakspeare Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Sistine Chapel sketches skill spirit talents taste temper thing thought tion Titian tures visions West wife wild wish Wolcot young
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Seite 130 - PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : "Pipe a song about a Lamb !
Seite 130 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
Seite 126 - TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forest of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the ardour of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire — What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder, and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand form'd...
Seite 142 - This is an awful thing to say to oil painters ; they may call it madness, but it is true. All the genuine old little pictures, called cabinet pictures, are in fresco and not in oil.
Seite 144 - How do we distinguish the oak from the beech, the horse from the ox, but by the bounding outline? How do we distinguish one face or countenance from another, but by the bounding line and its infinite inflexions and movements?
Seite 131 - Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read ' — So he vanished from my sight ; And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs, Every child may joy to hear.
Seite 125 - Whether in heaven ye wander fair Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air, Where the melodious winds have birth...
Seite 149 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Seite 102 - ... the meaner sort of painters, who counterfeit only such faces as are set before them, and the more excellent, who, having no law but wit, bestow that in colours upon you which is fittest for the eye to see...
Seite 31 - Forty years intercourse, we might almost say friendship, confirmed to the painter the accuracy of these words. "The king received West with easy frankness, assisted him to place the Agrippina in a favourable light, removed the attendants, and brought in the queen, to whom he presented our quaker. He related to her majesty the history of the picture, and bade her notice the simplicity of the design and the beauty of the colouring. ' There is another noble Roman subject...