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... figure holds in his hand seem to have a peculiar application in the noble building where they are placed- ' The cloud - capp'd towers , the gorgeous palaces , The solemn temples , the great globe itself , Yea , all which it inherit ...
... figure holds in his hand seem to have a peculiar application in the noble building where they are placed- ' The cloud - capp'd towers , the gorgeous palaces , The solemn temples , the great globe itself , Yea , all which it inherit ...
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... figures , by Roubiliac . Canova considered the figure of Eloquence ( deeply attentive to the Duke's oratory ) ' one of the noblest statues be had seen in England . ' The epitaph is by Paul Whitehead . ' It is said that , through the ...
... figures , by Roubiliac . Canova considered the figure of Eloquence ( deeply attentive to the Duke's oratory ) ' one of the noblest statues be had seen in England . ' The epitaph is by Paul Whitehead . ' It is said that , through the ...
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... spruce town not far off is grown out of the ashes thereof , which yet hath as much natural affection as dutifully to own these reverend ashes for her mother .'- Fuller . David Garrick , 1779 , the actor , His figure The Aisle of History 15.
... spruce town not far off is grown out of the ashes thereof , which yet hath as much natural affection as dutifully to own these reverend ashes for her mother .'- Fuller . David Garrick , 1779 , the actor , His figure The Aisle of History 15.
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Augustus John Cuthbert Hare. David Garrick , 1779 , the actor , His figure , drawing aside a curtain and dis- closing a medallion of Shakespeare , is intended to be allegorical of the way in which his theatrical performances unveiled the ...
Augustus John Cuthbert Hare. David Garrick , 1779 , the actor , His figure , drawing aside a curtain and dis- closing a medallion of Shakespeare , is intended to be allegorical of the way in which his theatrical performances unveiled the ...
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... figure of St. Peter and the centre figures , portions of three subjects remain : one represents the Adoration of the Kings ; another , apparently , the Raising of Lazarus ; the subject of the third is doubtful , though some figures ...
... figure of St. Peter and the centre figures , portions of three subjects remain : one represents the Adoration of the Kings ; another , apparently , the Raising of Lazarus ; the subject of the third is doubtful , though some figures ...
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Page 99 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 99 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 13 - Tis resolved, for nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 14 - Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Page 28 - The very walls are wrought into universal ornament, incrusted with tracery, and scooped into niches, crowded with the statues of saints and martyrs. Stone seems, by the cunning labor of the chisel, to have been robbed of its weight and density, suspended aloft, as if by magic, and the fretted roof achieved with the wonderful minuteness and airy security of a cobweb.
Page 6 - Oft let me range the gloomy aisles alone, Sad luxury ! to vulgar minds unknown, Along the walls where speaking marbles show What worthies form the...
Page 69 - For ever tomb'd beneath the stone, Where — taming thought to human pride ! — The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PiTT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound.
Page 57 - Sir Roger, in the next place, laid his hand upon Edward the Third's sword, and leaning upon the pommel of it, gave us the whole history of the Black Prince; concluding, that in Sir Richard Baker's opinion, Edward the Third was one of the greatest princes that ever sat upon the English throne.
Page 80 - Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence : instead of the brave rough English Admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state.