The Poetry of Life, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1835 |
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Page 114
... than other animals , or whether , from the aƫrial flight of birds , the artist and the poet have learned to represent angelic beings as borne along the fields of air on feathery wings , it is certain that the capa- 114 THE POETRY OF LIFE .
... than other animals , or whether , from the aƫrial flight of birds , the artist and the poet have learned to represent angelic beings as borne along the fields of air on feathery wings , it is certain that the capa- 114 THE POETRY OF LIFE .
Page 214
... artist ; yet there are lines of demarca- tion beyond which even genius dare not venture , and which cannot be transgressed without the most glaring violation of good taste . It is where the associations are such as are not only vulgar ...
... artist ; yet there are lines of demarca- tion beyond which even genius dare not venture , and which cannot be transgressed without the most glaring violation of good taste . It is where the associations are such as are not only vulgar ...
Page 218
... artist ; while the rubicund and wealthy citizen , having grown sleek upon turtle soup , after retiring with his rosy ... artists of the day in making duplicates of forms , which a full - sized canvass is scarcely wide enough to contain ...
... artist ; while the rubicund and wealthy citizen , having grown sleek upon turtle soup , after retiring with his rosy ... artists of the day in making duplicates of forms , which a full - sized canvass is scarcely wide enough to contain ...
Page 219
... artist revenges himself by making the hand approximate to the same colour . It is in attempting to delineate the august person of the lady , that his skill and his taste are put to the severest test . With consternation in his ...
... artist revenges himself by making the hand approximate to the same colour . It is in attempting to delineate the august person of the lady , that his skill and his taste are put to the severest test . With consternation in his ...
Page 221
... artist is exer- cised in carrying on our thoughts to what the child will the next moment be doing . If he does not place in its hand a bunch of flowers , he throws into his picture a vivid atmosphere , in which we are sure that flowers ...
... artist is exer- cised in carrying on our thoughts to what the child will the next moment be doing . If he does not place in its hand a bunch of flowers , he throws into his picture a vivid atmosphere , in which we are sure that flowers ...
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