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Page 21
... admiration and praise are unbounded . One timid female alone has whis- pered the word " dreadful ! " and dreadful they are cross - bows , daggers , swords , pikes , and hal- berds , hand - guns , arquebuses , haquebuts and demihaques ...
... admiration and praise are unbounded . One timid female alone has whis- pered the word " dreadful ! " and dreadful they are cross - bows , daggers , swords , pikes , and hal- berds , hand - guns , arquebuses , haquebuts and demihaques ...
Page 32
... admiration of the several visitors of the cathedral . The soldier and the sailor , on entering this much - frequented place , must feel an additional enthusiasm . They see the homage that is paid to the hero , and forget the wounds and ...
... admiration of the several visitors of the cathedral . The soldier and the sailor , on entering this much - frequented place , must feel an additional enthusiasm . They see the homage that is paid to the hero , and forget the wounds and ...
Page 33
... admiration of the spell - bound visitor . The man of letters comes here , a pilgrim to the shrine of talent , and pays a willing homage to departed intellect . And these , then , are the most enduring records of this world's admiration ...
... admiration of the spell - bound visitor . The man of letters comes here , a pilgrim to the shrine of talent , and pays a willing homage to departed intellect . And these , then , are the most enduring records of this world's admiration ...
Page 74
... admirable figure of Lazarus , leaving untouched the remainder of the group . How little can we understand the feelings of those who are influenced by emotions we have never experienced ! The enthusiasm of the painter , and the fervour ...
... admirable figure of Lazarus , leaving untouched the remainder of the group . How little can we understand the feelings of those who are influenced by emotions we have never experienced ! The enthusiasm of the painter , and the fervour ...
Page 78
... admirable . The last picture is now before me . It has a speak- ing face , and is in the very best style of portrait- painting . Sir Thomas's pencil was a gifted one . The picture by Nicholas Poussin of the Plague of Ashdod 78 THE ...
... admirable . The last picture is now before me . It has a speak- ing face , and is in the very best style of portrait- painting . Sir Thomas's pencil was a gifted one . The picture by Nicholas Poussin of the Plague of Ashdod 78 THE ...
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