The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of LondonT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, booksellers to the Royal Academy and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh., 1820 |
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Página 245 - And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them : and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
Página 245 - And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Página 246 - And he led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up to heaven.
Página 245 - And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son ; for he is lunatic, and sore vexed, for oft,times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
Página 110 - I have seen them often,' added he, ' standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Página 245 - O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you ? how long shall I suffer you ? Bring him hither to me.
Página 71 - and fell back into the arms of his companions. The pioneers then dug a grave, and the bones being laid in it together, a Highland plaid was spread over them, and they were interred with the customary honors.
Página 14 - ... him to show her the paper. He obeyed, entreating her not to be angry. Mrs. West, after looking some time at the drawing with evident pleasure, said to her daughter, " I declare he has made a likeness of little Sally," and kissed him with much fondness and satisfaction.
Página 52 - I consider myself as undertaking to tell this great event to the eye of the world; but if, instead of the facts of the transaction, I represent classical fictions, how shall I be understood by posterity!
Página 27 - ... began to imitate the figures in the engravings. Enchanted by his art, he forgot the school hours, and joined the family at dinner without mentioning the employment in which he had been engaged. In the afternoon he again retired to his study in the garret ; and for several days successively he thus withdrew and devoted himself to painting. The schoolmaster, observing his absence, sent to ask the cause of it. Mrs. West, affecting not to take any particular notice of the message, recollected that...