The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Volumen2Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... hand , the lover , in every climate , seeks its aid , as if by instinct . If facts of this sort , are too notorious to bear an exemplification , which would lead at once to the most trite topics * , what a scope must there be , within ...
... hand , the lover , in every climate , seeks its aid , as if by instinct . If facts of this sort , are too notorious to bear an exemplification , which would lead at once to the most trite topics * , what a scope must there be , within ...
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... hands of Bea- trice only appear rising above a bush of rose trees ; the colouring is rather too dry . No. 140. Flowers . J. Hewlett . › Jr Mr. Hewlett continues to paint in this style , England will never have to envy Holland her De ...
... hands of Bea- trice only appear rising above a bush of rose trees ; the colouring is rather too dry . No. 140. Flowers . J. Hewlett . › Jr Mr. Hewlett continues to paint in this style , England will never have to envy Holland her De ...
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... hands of Agrippa , who placed it in the portico of the temple of Nep- tune , in commemoration of his naval victories . CICERO was also a great encourager of the art of painting , and possessed a great number of exquisite pictures at his ...
... hands of Agrippa , who placed it in the portico of the temple of Nep- tune , in commemoration of his naval victories . CICERO was also a great encourager of the art of painting , and possessed a great number of exquisite pictures at his ...
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... hand a patera , in the left a poppy and a ear of corn . EUPHRANOR was also an author , and wrote a treatise on colours and pro- portion . No antient artist has been more highly extolled . ( To be continued . ) BIBLIOGRAPHIANA ...
... hand a patera , in the left a poppy and a ear of corn . EUPHRANOR was also an author , and wrote a treatise on colours and pro- portion . No antient artist has been more highly extolled . ( To be continued . ) BIBLIOGRAPHIANA ...
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... hands and seals , that at least the illustrious Greeks , ULYSSES , MENELAUS , and others , concealed in the mighty bowels of the pasteboard horse , no longer issue forth from their lurking place in the corduroy breeches , dirty ...
... hands and seals , that at least the illustrious Greeks , ULYSSES , MENELAUS , and others , concealed in the mighty bowels of the pasteboard horse , no longer issue forth from their lurking place in the corduroy breeches , dirty ...
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Página 83 - PAPPE with an hatchet, alias, a figge for my God Sonne, or Cracke me this nut, or a Countrie cuffe, that is, a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace, seeing the patch will take no warning.
Página 205 - The last, the meanest of your sons inspire (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes) To teach vain Wits a science little known, T" admire superior sense, and doubt their own!
Página 140 - A disclosing of the great bull, and certain calves that he hath gotten, and specially the monster bull that roared at my lord byshops gate.
Página 89 - Imbrown'd with native bronze, lo! HENLEY stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Página 249 - A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Página 90 - Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Página 195 - Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of a great artist loses all its spirit in the copy. Words are mutable and fleeting ; and the genius of poetry is often dissipated in translation. The compositions of music may remain, but the hand of execution may be wanting. Nature cannot decay ; the language of her interpreters will be the same in all times. It will be an universal tongue speaking to all countries, and all ages, the excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator.
Página 348 - The fame that a man wins himself is best ; That he may call his own : honours put to him Make him no more a man than his clothes do, Which are as soon ta'en off; for in the warmth The heat comes from the body, not the weeds ; So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds.
Página 252 - ... my sin hath blurred ; enlighten my understanding with thy truth; rectify my judgment with thy word; direct my will with thy spirit; strengthen my memory to retain good things; order my affections, that I may love thee above all things ; increase my faith ; encourage my hope; quicken my charity; sweeten my thoughts with thy grace; season my words with thy spirit; sanctify my actions with thy wisdom; subdue the insolence of my rebellious flesh ; restrain the fury of my unbridled passions; reform...
Página 272 - Collection were so well known in almost all parts of Europe. ' Afterwards it is observed that 'The books in general are in very fine condition, many of them bound in morocco, and russia leather, with gilt leaves.