The Old Court Suburb: Or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 - 288 страници |
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... turns the place into an eating - house for " All Nations " during the Great Exhibition . And now it has been bought by government , in con- nexion with the new views for the cultiva- tion of art . Wilberforce , whose head was not strong ...
... turns the place into an eating - house for " All Nations " during the Great Exhibition . And now it has been bought by government , in con- nexion with the new views for the cultiva- tion of art . Wilberforce , whose head was not strong ...
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... turn a jointure of two thousand a - year into four thousand , by " literature ; " in vain the Count resorted even to alchemy ; in vain , as a last resource , he thought to benefit by those fine arts , in which he excelled as an amateur ...
... turn a jointure of two thousand a - year into four thousand , by " literature ; " in vain the Count resorted even to alchemy ; in vain , as a last resource , he thought to benefit by those fine arts , in which he excelled as an amateur ...
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... turn sour , and become austerity or hypocrisy . Our duty is to do our best , and leave the rest to Providence . The collection at Gore House , besides tapestry , mirrors , and a few other things , consists of cabinet work in oak ...
... turn sour , and become austerity or hypocrisy . Our duty is to do our best , and leave the rest to Providence . The collection at Gore House , besides tapestry , mirrors , and a few other things , consists of cabinet work in oak ...
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... turn smartly , and their drawers come forth without sticking . We cannot greatly admire such things as Buhlwork ; elaborations of brass ornaments upon dark grounds . We prefer the inlay- ment of paintings , the additions of bas ...
... turn smartly , and their drawers come forth without sticking . We cannot greatly admire such things as Buhlwork ; elaborations of brass ornaments upon dark grounds . We prefer the inlay- ment of paintings , the additions of bas ...
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... turn . ' I asked him if he was serious ; and finding he was , I advised him against pub- lishing . Why , his translation is more difficult to understand than the original . I thought him a man of some talents ; but he seems crazy in ...
... turn . ' I asked him if he was serious ; and finding he was , I advised him against pub- lishing . Why , his translation is more difficult to understand than the original . I thought him a man of some talents ; but he seems crazy in ...
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Страница 227 - His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft. Tom never from his word departed His virtues were so rare ; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair : And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft!
Страница 194 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Страница 41 - I will not attempt with profane hands to tear the sacred veil of the sanctuary; I am disposed, with the inhabitants of Attica, to erect an altar to the unknown god of our political idolatry, and will be content to worship him in clouds and darkness.
Страница 48 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
Страница 274 - Not who first see the rising sun commands, But who could first discern the rising lands. Who best could know to pump an earth so leak, Him they their lord, and country's father, speak. To make a bank was a great plot of state ; Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
Страница 26 - Ah happy hills, ah pleasing shade, Ah fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Страница 226 - TOM BOWLING HERE, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For Death has broached him to. His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft ; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft.