Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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Page 137
... Chaucer's Pilgrims . Both the Catalogue and Address abound in critical passages on painting and poetry , which must be ranked with- out reserve among the very best things ever said on either subject . Such inestimable qualities afford ...
... Chaucer's Pilgrims . Both the Catalogue and Address abound in critical passages on painting and poetry , which must be ranked with- out reserve among the very best things ever said on either subject . Such inestimable qualities afford ...
Page 141
... that these assertions are true is , that real gold and silver cannot be used with oil , as they are in all the old pictures and in Mr. B.'s frescoes . NUMBER III . Sir Jeffery Chaucer and the Nine - DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE . 141.
... that these assertions are true is , that real gold and silver cannot be used with oil , as they are in all the old pictures and in Mr. B.'s frescoes . NUMBER III . Sir Jeffery Chaucer and the Nine - DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE . 141.
Page 142
... Chaucer and the Nine - and - twenty Pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury . THE time chosen is early morning ... Chaucer himself ; and the Reeve comes as Chaucer has described , — ' And ever he rode hinderest of the rout . ' These last ...
... Chaucer and the Nine - and - twenty Pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury . THE time chosen is early morning ... Chaucer himself ; and the Reeve comes as Chaucer has described , — ' And ever he rode hinderest of the rout . ' These last ...
Page 143
... Chaucer's characters , as described in his Canterbury Tales , some of the names or titles are altered by time , but the characters themselves for ever remain unaltered ; and consequently they are the physiognomies or lineaments of ...
... Chaucer's characters , as described in his Canterbury Tales , some of the names or titles are altered by time , but the characters themselves for ever remain unaltered ; and consequently they are the physiognomies or lineaments of ...
Page 144
... Chaucer has described with minuteness ; it is very elegant , and was the beauty of our ancestors till after ... Chaucer's work which are now lost ; we ought to suppose them suitable attendants on rank and fashion . The Monk follows these ...
... Chaucer has described with minuteness ; it is very elegant , and was the beauty of our ancestors till after ... Chaucer's work which are now lost ; we ought to suppose them suitable attendants on rank and fashion . The Monk follows these ...
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Abel Act directs March Adam Adam and Eve ancient angels Artist babe beauty beneath Blake N3 Fountain bright Butts called character Chaucer child Christ cloud colour Colour-printed Correggio dark Death delight divine dost doth drawing earth echoing green engraved eternal execution eyes father fear female figure flame Fountain Court Strand Giulio Romano golden grave hand head heaven Henry Baillie holy human Human Abstract imagination Indian ink infant invention labour Lamb Last Judgment light Linnell Lyca Michael Angelo morning mortal mother N3 Fountain Court naked never night NUMBER o'er painter painting picture Pity poem Rembrandt represent round Rubens Satan seen serpent shine sleep smile song Songs of Experience sorrow soul Spirit stands sweet tears Tempera thee Thel things thou Titian tree Virgin vision water-colour weep Wife of Bath William Blake woman youth